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.
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Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.
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Hale \Hale\, n.
Welfare. [Obs.]
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All heedless of his dearest hale. --Spenser.
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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.
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Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. --Milton.
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As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.
--Shelley.
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hale
adj : exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person
again" [syn: whole]
n 1: a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy
by the British; his last words were supposed to have
been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for
my country' (1755-1776) [syn: Nathan Hale]
2: United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are
associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) [syn: George
Ellery Hale]
3: prolific United States writer (1822-1909) [syn: Edward
Everett Hale]
v 1: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical,
moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a
job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
[syn: coerce, squeeze, pressure, force]
2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul,
cart, drag]
WordNet (r) 2.0
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Hale -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 17185
Housing Units (2000): 7756
Land area (2000): 643.735532 sq. miles (1667.267304 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 12.735412 sq. miles (32.984565 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 656.470944 sq. miles (1700.251869 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 32.768094 N, 87.635687 W
Headwords:
Hale
Hale, AL
Hale County
Hale County, AL
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Hale -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 36602
Housing Units (2000): 13526
Land area (2000): 1004.653964 sq. miles (2602.041712 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.115296 sq. miles (0.298615 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1004.769260 sq. miles (2602.340327 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 34.094550 N, 101.790353 W
Headwords:
Hale
Hale, TX
Hale County
Hale County, TX
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Hale, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 473
Housing Units (2000): 222
Land area (2000): 0.550106 sq. miles (1.424768 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.550106 sq. miles (1.424768 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29908
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.604241 N, 93.343713 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64643
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hale, MO
Hale
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
cart, coerce, drag, Edward Everett Hale, force, George Ellery Hale, haul, Nathan Hale, pressure, squeeze, whole
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