Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l), a. [Written also {hail}.] [OE. heil, Icel.
   heill; akin to E. whole. See {Whole}.]
   Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale
   body.

         Last year we thought him strong and hale. --Swift.

Hale \Hale\, n.
   Welfare. [Obs.]

         All heedless of his dearest hale.        --Spenser.

Hale \Hale\ (h[=a]l or h[add]l; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Haled} (h[=a]ld or h[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Haling}.]
   [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See
   {Haul}.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

Hale
     n 1: 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) [syn: {Nathan Hale}]
     2: United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are
        associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938) [syn: {George
        Ellery Hale}]
     3: prolific United States writer (1822-1909) [syn: {Edward
        Everett Hale}]