hale´ness

hale´ness
hale1 «hayl», adjective, hal|er, hal|est.
1. strong and well; healthy: »

His grandfather was still hale and hearty at eighty.

SYNONYM(S): robust, vigorous, hearty.
2. Scottish. a) free from injury; unhurt; sound. b) whole; complete; entire.
╂[Old English hāl. See etym. of doublet whole (Cf. ↑whole). See related etym. at heal. (Cf. ↑heal)]
–hale´ness, noun.
hale2 «hayl», verb, haled, hal|ing.
–v.t.
1. to force to go: »

When he refused to obey the policeman, the man was haled into court.

SYNONYM(S): summon.
2. to draw or pull by force; drag; tug: »

Galling his kingly hands haling ropes (Shakespeare).

–v.i.
Archaic. to haul, pull, or tug: »

A yoke of…stolid oxen were patiently haling at the plough (Robert Louis Stevenson).

╂[< Old French haler < Germanic (compare Old High German halōn). See etym of doublet haul. (Cf. ↑haul)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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