From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l), a. [Written also hail.] [OE. heil, Icel.
heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.]
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale
body.
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Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hale \Hale\, n.
Welfare. [Obs.]
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All heedless of his dearest hale. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l or h[add]l; 277), v. t. [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.
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Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. --Milton.
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As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.
--Shelley.
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