Chapter Hail-fellow to Half-blooded of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Half blood
(Half" blood`)

1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

2. A person so related to another.

3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.

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. Shak.