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hale

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CIDE DICTIONARY

halea. [OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.].
     Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.  [1913 Webster]
    "Last year we thought him strong and hale."  [1913 Webster]
halen. 
     Welfare.  [1913 Webster]
    "All heedless of his dearest hale."  [1913 Webster]
halev. t. [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.].
     To pull; to drag; to haul.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore."  [1913 Webster]
    "As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hale, adj. (esp. of an old person) strong and healthy (esp. in hale and hearty).

Derivative
haleness n.
hale, v.tr. drag or draw forcibly.

Etymology
ME f. OF haler f. ON hala

THESAURUS

hale

able-bodied, beefy, bouncing, bunkum, doughty, drag, draggle, draw, fit, flourishing, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, gutsy, gutty, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, haul, healthy, hearty, heave, hefty, husky, in the pink, iron-hard, lug, lusty, mighty, nervy, obstinate, potent, powerful, puissant, pull, red-blooded, right, robust, robustious, robustuous, rude, rugged, sane, snake, sound, stalwart, steely, stout, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, take in tow, tow, trail, train, trawl, troll, tug, vigorous, vital, well, wholesome

ROGET THESAURUS

hale

Health

N health, sanity, soundness, vigor, good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health, bloom, mens sana in corpore sano, Hygeia, incorruption, incorruptibility, good state of health, clean bill of health, eupepsia, euphoria, euphory, St. Anthony's fire, healthy, healthful, in health, well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole, florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof, unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed, unmarred, untainted, sound of wind and limb, safe and sound, on one's legs, sound as a roach, sound as a bell, fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April, hearty as a buck, in fine feather, in high feather, in good case, in full bloom, pretty bobbish, tolerably well, as well as can be expected, sanitary sanatory, health that snuffs the morning air, non est vivere sed valere vita.


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