[heyl] 
| free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life. |
[heyl] | 1. | to compel (someone) to go: to hale a man into court. |
| 2. | to haul; pull. |
[hah-ley] | (in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling. |
[heyl] | 1. | Edward Everett, 1822–1909, U.S. clergyman and author. |
| 2. | George El⋅ler⋅y [el-uh-ree] , 1868–1938, U.S. astronomer. |
| 3. | Sir Matthew, 1609–76, British jurist: Lord Chief Justice 1671–76. |
| 4. | Nathan, 1755–76, American soldier hanged as a spy by the British during the American Revolution. |
| 5. | Sarah Jo⋅se⋅pha [joh-see-fuh] , 1788–1879, U.S. editor and author. |
| hale 1 (hāl) adj. hal·er, hal·est Free from infirmity or illness; sound. See Synonyms at healthy. [Middle English, from Old English hāl; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.] hale'ness n. |
| hale 2 (hāl) tr.v. haled, hal·ing, hales
[Middle English halen, to pull, drag, from Old French haler, of Germanic origin; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| Hale (hāl) American Unitarian cleric and writer whose more than 150 literary works include the story "The Man Without a Country" (1863). His sister Lucretia Peabody Hale (1820-1900) wrote two noted children's books, The Peterkin Papers (1880) and The Last of the Peterkins (1886). |
| Hale, George Ellery 1868-1938. American astrophysicist who invented the spectroheliograph (1891) and directed the Mount Wilson Observatory (1904-1923). |
| Hale, Nathan 1755-1776. American Revolutionary soldier hanged by the British as a spy. According to tradition, his last words were "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
| Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell 1788-1879. American writer and editor of Godey's Lady's Book (1837-1877), the most popular American women's magazine of its time. Her own works include the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (1830). |