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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hale

/(hāl)/ · IPA /heɪl/
01 a. Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
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    Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
    “Last year we thought him strong and hale.” — Swift.
02 n. Welfare.
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    Welfare.[Obs.]
    “All heedless of his dearest hale.” — Spenser.
03 v. t. To pull; to drag; to haul.
imp. & p. p. Haled; p. pr. & vb. n. Haling
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    To pull; to drag; to haul.
    “Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore.” — Milton.
    “As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.” — Shelley.