Hale

·noun Welfare.

II. Hale ·adj Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

III. Hale ·vt To Pull; to Drag; to Haul.

hale
1) an iron instrument for hanging a pot over the fire. S. See trammel. 2) strong, healthy. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hale
An old word for haul (which see). ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Hale, Sir Matthew
(1609-1676) Jurist and miscellaneous writer, has left a great reputation as a lawyer and judge. Ste...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
White, WIlliam Hale
(c. 1830) Novelist, etc. The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford (1885), Mark Rutherford's Deliverance...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin