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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HALF-BLOODED

a.Mean; degenerate. [Little used. ] 1. Proceeding from a male and female, each of full blood, but of different breeds; as a half-blooded sheep.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HALF-BLOODED

HALF-BLOODED Half "-blood `ed, a.

 

1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

 

2. Degenerate; mean.