Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A half. 2. (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of. 3. (v. t.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

Multi-Version Concordance Halve (1 Occurrence) Exodus 21:35 And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve; (Root in YLT)