Hale
WordNet
adjective
(1) Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
"Hale and hearty"
"Whole in mind and body"
"A whole person again"
noun
(2) Prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
(3) United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
(4) 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)
verb
(5) Draw slowly or heavily
"Haul stones"
"Haul nets"
(6) 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"
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Etymology 1
From , , from a noun-derivative of .
Etymology 2
Representing a Northern dialectal form of , perhaps influenced by (Webster's suggests ‘partly from OE, partly from ON’). Compare , .
Adjective
Etymology 3
From Old Frankonian haler (="to pull, haul"), from Frankonian *halon or Old Dutch halen, both from Proto Germanic http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hale. Compare haul.
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