HALE, adjective Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as a hale body. HALE, noun Welfare. [Not in use.] HALE, verb transitive To pull or draw with force; to drag. This is now more generally written and pronounced haul, which see. It is always to be pronounced haul.
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