haler

noun

1. heller²(def 1).
2. Also heller. a minor coin of the Czech Republic, the 100th part of a koruna.

adjective, hal·er, hal·est.

1. free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.

noun plural -lers or -leru (-ləˌruː)

1. a variant of heller 1 (def. 1)

adjective

1. healthy and robust (esp in the phrase hale and hearty)
2. Scot and Northern English dialect whole

verb

1. (tr) to pull or drag; haul

noun

1. George Ellery. 1868–1938, US astronomer: undertook research into sunspots and invented the spectroheliograph
2. Sir Matthew. 1609–76, English judge and scholar; Lord Chief Justice (1671–76)

adj.

“healthy,” Old English hal “healthy, entire, uninjured” (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole; it was given a literary sense of “free from infirmity” (1734). Related: Haleness.

v.

c.1200, “drag; summon,” in Middle English used of arrows, bowstrings, reins, anchors, from Old French haler “to pull, haul” (12c.), from a Germanic source, perhaps Frankish *halon or Old Dutch halen; probably also from Old English geholian “obtain” (see haul). Figurative sense of “to draw (someone) from one condition to another” is late 14c. Related: Haled; haling.