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Webster 1913 Edition
Hale
Hale
(hāl)
, Adj.
[Written also
hail
.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired;
as, a
. hale
bodyLast 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
.] 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.
HALE
,Noun.
HALE
,Verb.
T.