GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Hale (hāl), a. [Written also hail.] [OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, “a hale body”.
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Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
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Hale, n. Welfare. [Obs.]
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All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
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Hale (hāl or ha̤l; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hāld or ha̤ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.] [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.] To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer.
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Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. Milton.
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As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. Shelley.
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