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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Go v. t.
 1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
    They to go equal shares in the booty.   --L'Estrange.
 2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]
 To go halves, to share with another equally.
 To go it, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.]
 To go it alone Card Playing, to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner.
 To go it blind. (a) To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner. [Slang] (b) Card Playing To bet without having examined the cards.
 To go one's way, to set forth; to depart.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Half n.; pl. Halves
 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.]
    The four halves of the house.   --Chaucer.
 2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
    Not half his riches known, and yet despised.   --Milton.
 A friendship so complete
 Portioned in halves between us.   --Tennyson.
 Better half. See under Better.
 In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in halves or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
 In one's half or On one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.]
 To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another.
 To go halves, to share equally between two.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Halves n., pl. of Half.
 By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.
    I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not.   --J. H. Newman.
 To go halves. See under Go.