5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hale \Hale\, n.
Welfare. [Obs.]
All heedless of his dearest hale. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. --Milton.
As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.
--Shelley.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hale
adj : exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person
again" [syn: {whole}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hale, CO
Zip code(s): 80735
Hale, MI
Zip code(s): 48739
Hale, MO (city, FIPS 29908)
Location: 39.60519 N, 93.34324 W
Population (1990): 480 (239 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64643
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