Definition of "hala" [hala]

• The native screw-pine of the Hawaiian Islands, Pandanus tectorius. Coarse mats are made of the leaves. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "After all, he finds, or declares that he finds, the hala fruit he had sought to gather and to wear as a _lei_ about his neck, to be spoiled, broken, fit only to litter the road (_loli ka mu'o o ka hala_, verse 8; _A helelei ka'pua, a pili ke alanui_, verse 9)."
• "O hala hala_! hands off, fair Hulda, "the Captain cried, joyfully, as Hulda had been moved to relieve the poor old woman;" no one shall assist at these ceremonies of expiation but Van Dorn himself, whose rights in Mistress Cannon are of priority."
• "She clapped her thin hands, and a black slave girl appeared, one of those called halaïk, or "creatures.""