HALEST

Adjective

halest

superlative form of hale: most hale

Anagrams

• Leaths, Lesath, Shelta, Stahle, Thales, athels, haslet, lathes

Source: Wiktionary


HALE

Hale, a. Etym: [Written also heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.]

Definition: Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.

Hale, n.

Definition: 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.]

Definition: Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.]

Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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