a. [ L. hyemalis, or better hiemalis, fr. hyems, hiems, winter: cf. F. hyémal. ] Belonging to winter; done in winter. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To grow sound; to return to a sound state;
Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;lu, h&aemacr_;l. See Heal, v. t. ] Health. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matt. viii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will heal their backsliding. Hos. xiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings ii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Hele. ] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being healed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A common herb of the Mint family (Brunella vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought to be a panacea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ CF. Heddle. ] A heddle. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, heals. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending or serving to heal; healing. [ Obs. ] Ecclus. xv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying;
Here healing dews and balms abound. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To grow sound; to return to a sound state;
Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. h&aemacr_;lu, h&aemacr_;l. See Heal, v. t. ] Health. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matt. viii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will heal their backsliding. Hos. xiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings ii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Hele. ] To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being healed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A common herb of the Mint family (Brunella vulgaris), destitute of active properties, but anciently thought to be a panacea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ CF. Heddle. ] A heddle. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, heals. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending or serving to heal; healing. [ Obs. ] Ecclus. xv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying;
Here healing dews and balms abound. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]