Hale (hāl), 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.Hale, n. Welfare. [Obs.]
All heedless of his dearest hale.
Spenser.Hale (hāl or hôl; 277), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Haled (hāld or
hôld); 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.