Hypertext Webster Gateway: "health"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Health \Health\, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h?lp, fr. h[=a]l hale,
sound, whole. See {Whole}.]
1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind,
or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical
disease or pain.

There is no health in us. --Book of
Common Prayer.

Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it
can not be sported with without loss, or regained by
courage. --Buckminster.

2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in
a toast. ``Come, love and health to all.'' --Shak.

{Bill of health}. See under {Bill}.

{Health lift}, 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 {lifting machine}.

{Health officer}, one charged with the enforcement of the
sanitary laws of a port or other place.

{To drink a health}. See under {Drink}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

health
n 1: a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians
should be held responsible for the health of their
patients"
2: the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate
health"; "in poor health"


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