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.

Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hale \Hale\, n. Welfare. [Obs.]

All heedless of his dearest hale. --Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. --Milton.

As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. --Shelley.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)