Hale (?), a. [Written also 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.
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Hale, n.
Welfare.
[Obs.]
All heedless of his dearest hale.
Spenser.
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Hale 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.
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