haleness

Hale  (hl), Edward Everett 1822-1909.

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).

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Hale, George Ellery 1868-1938.

American astrophysicist who invented the spectroheliograph (1891) and directed the Mount Wilson Observatory (1904-1923).

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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."

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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).

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hale ¹  (hl)

adj. hal·er, hal·est

Free from infirmity or illness; sound. See Synonyms at healthy.

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[Middle English, from Old English hl; see kailo- in Indo-European roots.]

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haleness n.

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hale ²  (hl)

tr.v. haled, hal·ing, hales

1. To compel to go: "In short order the human rights campaign was haled before a high court of indignation" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)

2. Archaic To pull, draw, drag, or hoist.

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[Middle English halen, to pull, drag, from Old French haler, of Germanic origin; see kel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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haleness - a state of robust good health wholeness good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease