Defn: See Alcyonoid.
HALE
Hale, a. Etym: [Written also heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See
Whole.]
Defn: Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.
Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
HALE
Hale, n.
Defn: Welfare. [Obs.]
All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
HALE Hale (hal or hall; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hald or halld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]
Defn: Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See
Haul.]
Defn: 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.
HALESIA
Ha*le"si*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.