— hemistichal /heuh mis"ti keuhl, hem"i stik'euhl/ , adj.
/hem"i stik'/ , n. Pros.
1. the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, esp. as divided by a caesura or the like.
2. an incomplete line, or a line of less than the usual length.
[ 1565-75; hemistichium hemistíchion a half-verse. See HEMI-, STICH 1 ]