Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.