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Webster 1913 Edition

Hale

Hale

(hāl)
,
Adj.
[Written also
hail
.]
[OE.
heil
, Icel.
heill
; akin to E.
whole
. See
Whole
.]
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired;
as, a
hale
body
.
Last year we thought him strong and
hale
.
Swift.

Hale

,
Noun.
Welfare.
[Obs.]
All heedless of his dearest
hale
.
Spenser.

Hale

(hāl or ha̤l; 277)
,
Verb.
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.
Easier both to freight, and to
hale
ashore.
Milton.
As some dark priest
hales
the reluctant victim.
Shelley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hale

HALE

,
Adj.
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as a hale body.

HALE

,
Noun.
Welfare. [Not in use.]

HALE

,
Verb.
T.
To pull or draw with force; to drag. This is now more generally written and pronounced haul, which see. It is always to be pronounced haul.

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