hemistich in English
noun
1
(chiefly in Old English verse) a half of a line of verse.
The column is divided into hemistichs justified at the outer edges.
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1. Maurer suggests that, as descriptive Appellatives are subjoined to the proper name, "all the Assyrians" in the second hemistich of the verse (as the verse ought to be divided at "Koa"), so Pekod, Shoa, and Koa must be Appellatives descriptive of "The Babylonians and … Chaldeans" in the first hemistich; "Pekod" meaning "prefects"; Shoa …