HALMA
\hˈalmə], \hˈalmə], \h_ˈa_l_m_ə]\
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By Noah Webster.
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hal'ma, n. a game played on a checkered board of 256 squares, by two or four persons, with thirteen to nineteen men each--also Hoppity: in the Greek pentathlon the long jump with weights in the hands. [Gr.,--hallesthai, to leap.]
By Thomas Davidson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.