"at half-sword" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "c. 1623, William Shakespeare, The First Part of King Henry the Fourth",
          "text": "I am a rogue, if I were not at half-sword with a dozen of them two hours together. I have 'scaped by miracle. I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose; my buckler cut through and through; my sword hack'd like a hand-saw",
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      "glosses": [
        "fighting a close fight, closer than a sword's length to one's opponents."
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        "(archaic, rare) fighting a close fight, closer than a sword's length to one's opponents."
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  "word": "at half-sword"
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          "ref": "c. 1623, William Shakespeare, The First Part of King Henry the Fourth",
          "text": "I am a rogue, if I were not at half-sword with a dozen of them two hours together. I have 'scaped by miracle. I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose; my buckler cut through and through; my sword hack'd like a hand-saw",
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        "fighting a close fight, closer than a sword's length to one's opponents."
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        "(archaic, rare) fighting a close fight, closer than a sword's length to one's opponents."
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  "word": "at half-sword"
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