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4. Well-disposed; favorable. [R.]

Gave healthful welcome to their shipwrecked guests.

Shak.

Health"ful*ly, adv. In health; wholesomely.

Health"ful*ness, n. The state of being healthful.

Health"i*ly (-*l), adv. In a healthy manner.

Health"i*ness, n. The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease.

Health"less, a. 1. Without health, whether of body or mind; infirm. "A healthless or old age." Jer. Taylor.

2. Not conducive to health; unwholesome. [R.]

Health"less*ness, n. The state of being healthless.

Health"some (-sm), a. Wholesome; salubrious. [R.] "Healthsome air." Shak.

Health"ward (-wrd), a. & adv. In the direction of health; as, a healthward tendency.

Health"y (-), a. [Compar. Healthier (-*r); superl. Healthiest.] 1. Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.

His mind was now in a firm and healthy state.

Macaulay.

2. Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.

3. Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.

Syn. -- Vigorous; sound; hale; salubrious; healthful; wholesome; salutary.

Heam (hm), n. [Cf. AS. cildhamma womb, OD. hamme afterbirth, LG. hamen.] The afterbirth or secundines of a beast.

Heap (hp), n. [OE. heep, heap, heap, multitude, AS. he·p; akin to OS. hp, D. hoop, OHG. houf, hfo, G. haufe, haufen, Sw. hop, Dan. hob, Icel. hpr troop, flock, Russ. kupa heap, crowd, Lith. kaupas. Cf. Hope, in Forlorn hope.] 1. A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons. [Now Low or Humorous]

The wisdom of a heap of learned men.

Chaucer.

A heap of vassals and slaves.

Bacon.

He had heaps of friends.

W. Black.

2. A great number or large quantity of things not placed in a pile. [Now Low or Humorous]

A vast heap, both of places of scripture and quotations.