Part 5175

<h1>Healable</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Heal"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being healed.</def>

<h1>Healall</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Heal"all`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A common herb of the Mint family (<spn>Brunela vulgaris</spn>), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought a panacea.</def>

<h1>Heald</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Heald</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[CF. <er>Heddle</er>.]</ety> <def>A heddle.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Healful</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Heal"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending or serving to heal; healing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ecclus. xv. 3.</i>

<h1>Healing</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Heal"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; <as>as, the <ex>healing</ex> art; a <ex>healing</ex> salve; <ex>healing</ex> words.</as></def>

<blockquote>Here <b>healing</b> dews and balms abound. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Healingly</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Heal"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to heal or cure.</def>

<h1>Health</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Health</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>helthe</ets>, AS. <ets>h</ets><?/lp, fr. <ets>h\'bel</ets> hale, sound, whole. See <er>Whole</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.</def>

<blockquote>There is no <b>health</b> in us. <i>Book of Common Prayer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Though <b>health</b> may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast.</def> "Come, love and <i>health</i> to all."

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Bill of health</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bill</er>.</cd> -- <col>Health lift</col>, <cd>a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called <altname>lifting machine</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Health officer</col>, <cd>one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place.</cd> -- <col>To drink a health</col>. <cd>See under <er>Drink</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Healthful</h1> <Xpage=677>

<hw>Health"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of health; free from illness or disease; well; whole; sound; healthy; <as>as, a <ex>healthful</ex> body or mind; <ex>a healthful</ex> plant.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Serving to promote health of body or mind; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; <as>as, a <ex>healthful</ex> air, diet</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>healthful</b> Spirit of thy grace. <i>Book of Common Prayer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Indicating, characterized by, or resulting from, health or soundness; <as>as, a <ex>healthful</ex> condition</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A mind . . . <b>healthful</b> and so well-proportioned. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>