What does "hale" mean?
Hale: Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
Additional senses
- 2.Welfare. [Obs.] All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
- 3.Etym: [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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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