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:
Hail \Hail\, v. i.
1. To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails
or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; --
used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.
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2. To report as one's home or the place from whence one
comes; to come; -- with from. [Colloq.] --C. G. Halpine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hail \Hail\, interj. [See Hail, v. t.]
An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or,
occasionally, of familiar greeting. "Hail, brave friend."
--Shak.
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All hail. See in the Vocabulary.
Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman
Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave
Maria.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hail \Hail\ (h[=a]l), n. [OE. hail, ha[yogh]el, AS. h[ae]gel,
hagol; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr.
ka`chlhx pebble.]
Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds,
where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The
separate masses or grains are called hailstones.
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Thunder mixed with hail,
Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky.
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hail \Hail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hailed (h[=a]ld); p. pr. &
vb. n. Hailing.] [OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.]
To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hail \Hail\, v. t.
To pour forcibly down, as hail. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hail \Hail\, a.
Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hail \Hail\, v. t. [OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound,
used in greeting. See Hale sound.]
1. To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to
address.
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2. To name; to designate; to call.
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And such a son as all men hailed me happy. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hail \Hail\, n.
A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call. "Their puissant
hail." --M. Arnold.
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The angel hail bestowed. --Milton.
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