Definition of "hales" [hales]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hale. (verb)

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• "Cursing a messenger, she "strikes him down" as good as "hales him up as good as down," in a splendidly transparent theatre directions of a aged Arden edition, saying to him, "I'll spurn thine eyes/Like balls prior to me.""
• "Please send a CV with covering email explaining your suitability for the role and salary expectations to a. hales (at) theartnewspaper. com."
• "With the week just hours before coming to a close, I had one final presentation to attend and that was Alabama Chanin by Southern Belle, Natalie Chanin, who hales from Florence, Alabama and whose garments are all hand sewn and constructed using quilting and stitching techniques from the depression-era South."