HALE

a. n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.

2.
n.

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

3.
v.

Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.]

4.
v.

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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