a.
Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Welfare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians.
‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called