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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Health \Health\, n. [OE. helthe AS h?lp, fr h[=a]l hale, sound, whole. See {Whole}.] 1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain. There is no health in us --Book of Common Prayer. Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss or regained by courage. --Buckminster. 2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. ``Come, love and health to all.'' --Shak. {Bill of health}. See under {Bill}. {Health lift}, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action -- also called {lifting machine}. {Health officer}, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place {To drink a health}. See under {Drink}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: health n : a healthy state of well-being
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