The Only Use of
moiety
in
Jane Eyre
- I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(moiety) one of two (approximately) equal parts
or:
chemistry: a significant segment, portion or part of a molecule that may include a substructure of the functional group