half-marrow
[See marrow2.]
† 1. A husband or wife; a spouse. Obs.
| 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 446 A treacherous half-marrow to her husband. 1693 Sc. Presbyt. Eloq. (1738) 104 That [she] hath given her sweet Half-Marrow such a Meeting. |
2. Mining. A partner. (See quots.)
| 1847–78 Halliwell, Half-marrow, one of two boys who manage a tram. North. 1856 Whellan Hist. Durh. in Times 11 Oct. (1894) 4/6 When two boys of equal size worked together [in ‘putting’ a load of coal] they were called half-marrows. 1883 Gresley Coal-Mining Gloss., Half-marrow, a butty or partner. |