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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l), adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hale \Hale\, noun Welfare. [Obs.]
All heedless of his dearest hale. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l or h[add]l; 277), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Haled} (h[=a]ld or h[add]ld); 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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" [syn: {hale}, {whole}]
noun
1: a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been 'I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776) [syn: {Hale}, {Nathan Hale}]
2: United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) [syn: {Hale}, {George Ellery Hale}]
3: prolific United States writer (1822-1909) [syn: {Hale}, {Edward Everett Hale}]
verb
1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: {coerce}, {hale}, {squeeze}, {pressure}, {force}]
2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: {haul}, {hale}, {cart}, {drag}]
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