Hale, a.
Etymology: [Written also 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.
2 other Webster entries under this spelling
Hale, n.
Welfare. [Obs.] All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
Hale (hal or hall; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hald or halld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]
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.
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Fernald has no entry of its own for hale; he lists it under healthy.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.