hem|i|stich

hem|i|stich
hem|i|stich «HEHM uh stihk», noun.
1. half a line of verse, especially the part of a verse preceding or following the main caesura.
2. an incomplete line, or a line of verse having less than the usual length.
[< Latin hēmistichium < Greek hēmistíchion < hēmi- half + stíchos line, row < steíchein walk, march]

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