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Webster 1913 Edition
Hale
Hale
(hāl)
, Adj.
 [Written also 
hail
.] Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; 
as, a 
. hale 
bodyLast year we thought him strong and 
 hale
. Swift.
Hale
,Noun.
 Welfare. 
[Obs.] 
All heedless of his dearest 
 hale
. Spenser.
Hale
(hāl or ha̤l; 277)
, Verb.
 T.
 [
imp. & p. p. 
Haled 
(hāld or ha̤ld)
; p. pr. & vb. n. 
Haling
.] 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hale
HALE
,Adj.
  HALE
,Noun.
  HALE
,Verb.
T.