Heal

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HEAKEN, HEAL, see Hearken, Hale, adj.

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HEAL, sb.1 Obs. Sc. Irel. Also written heel Lnk.;
hele Wxf.1 Health, welfare.
Sc. I loe Mess John, Lord len' him heal, Pennecuik Coll. (1787)
13. Bnff. Gude heal' unto his Majesty, An' mony Fourths o' June,
Taylor Poems (1787) 85. Abd. Was she scrimped of content or
heal? Ross Helenore (1768) 53, ed. 1812. Ayr. My heal and weal
I'll take a care o't A tentier way, Burns To Mr. Mitchell (1795)
st. 5. Lnk. I'll... aft in sparkling claret drink your heel, Ramsay
Poems (1721) 183. Wxf.1 ‘Yer hele,’ a toast.
[OE. hǣlo, hǣl, health, prosperity.]

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HEAL, v.1 Oxf. e.An. 1. In Comp. Heal-all, (1) the
wild valerian, Valeriana officinalis. Oxf. (B. & H.); (2)
the rosewood, Rhodiola rosea. e.An. (B. & H.)
2. With up: to leave off raining.
Oxf.1 Uuy thingks tuol ee·1 uup prens·li [I thinks 'tull 'eal up
prensly].

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HEAL, v.2 and sb.2 In gen. dial. use in Sc. Irel. and
Eng. Also written heeal I.W.1; heel N.I.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Shr.2
Hmp.1 Ken. Som. Dev. Cor.; hele w.Yks.3 Der. s.Wor.1
Shr.2 Glo.1 Glo.2 Ken.1 Ken.2 Sur.1 Hmp. Wil.1 Dor. w.Som.1 Dev.1
nw.Dev.1 Cor.1; and in forms ail- w.Som.1 Cor.1 Cor.2; eel
Chs.1 Chs.3 s.Stf.; hael Cai.1; hail Dev.2 Cor.1 Cor.2; hale Hrt.
Nrf. Hmp. w.Som.1 Dev.3 Cor.3; heald w.Yks.2; heill
w.Cy.; hel, hel- Sc. Sh.&Ork.1 Wxf.1 Shr.1 Oxf.; hell- Stf.
Hrf. Dor. w.Som.1 Dev.1 Dev.2 nw.Dev.1 Cor.1 Cor.2 Cor.3;? helon Sus.2;
hield Wil.; yeal Chs.1; yeeld Wil. [h)īl, w.Cy. ēl, eəl.]
1. v. To hide, conceal; to keep secret.
Sc. Wel helit in ane hude, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 345.
Sh.&Ork.1 Cai.1 Dinna tell her, she canna heal a thing. Abd.
Stoupfulls of crouds and ream she aft would steal, And could her
souple tricks frae minny heal, Ross Helenore (1768) 52, ed. 1812.
w.Yks.3, Ken.1, Sus.2 Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825);
W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1, Dev.1, nw.Dev.1, Cor.1
Hence (1) Healer, sb. one who hides or conceals anything;
a receiver of stolen goods, a thief's confederate;
esp. in prov. the healer's as bad as the stealer; (2) Heling,
sb. a hiding-place, cover, a sheltered spot; (3) to heal on a
person, phr. to keep any one's secrets, not to betray or reveal
them.
(1) Shr.1 The heler's as bad as the heaver. Glo. Horae Subsecivae
(1777) 209. Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873); Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng.
(1825). w.Som.1 Dev. Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 8. nw.Dev.1 Cor.
Thomas Randigal Rhymes (1895) Gl.; Cor.1 Cor.2 (2) Dev. Even the wild
deer came bounding from unsheltered places into any offering of
branches, or of other heling from the turbulence of men, Blackmore
Slain in S. Low's Ann. (1896); I ran up this very lane, over
the plank-bridge, and up to this heling, BLACKMORE Perlycross (1894) vii.
(3) Sc. O I hae heal'd on my mistress A twalmonth and a day,
Kinloch Ballads (1827) 5; O heal this deed on rue, KINLOCH Ballads n.Sc.
Altho' ye tauld upo' yoursell Ye might hae heal'd on me, Buchan
Ballads (1828) I. 74, ed. 1875.
2. To cover; to wrap up, to tuck up the bed-clothes;
freq. with in or up. Cf. hill, v.2
Wxf.1, N.Cy.2, w.Yks.3, Stf. (F.R.C.) Der. Pegge Gl. (1736).
Nhp. Used of covering a horse with a rug (H.K.). s.Wor. Sometimes
to heal horses means to put their cloths on (H.K.). Shr.2,
Glo.2, Brks. (W.W.S.), Brks.1 Hmp. ‘To heel in the bed-clothes;
to tuck up the bed at the feet, Grose (1790) MS. add. (M.); Hmp.1
Ken. To heel one over with a rug (H.G.); To heal up a child
in a cradle, or any other person in a bed, Kennett Par. Antiq.
(1695); Ken.1 Ken.2, Sur.1 Sus. To heal a person in bed, Ray (1691);
Sus.2 Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825); W. & J. Gl.
(1873). w.Som.1 Oh, 'tis nort but a thing I brought 'long to hale
the 'osses way. Dev. The sheep was haled over, Reports Provinc.
(1884) 20; Horae Subsecivae (1777) 209; Dev.1 n.Dev. We've
hailed tha neck, Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 3. Cor.1
Hence (1) Healer, sb. a cover; a horse-cloth, a coverlet;
(2) Healing, sb. a coverlet, bed-clothes.
(1) w.Som.1 Better nit put the haler 'pon th' 'oss gin he've
a-colded a bit. Dev. Have you got the hailer, sir? Reports Provinc.
(1884) 20. nw.Dev.1 (2) Chs.2 Chs.3 Oxf. So called by our Oxford
bed-makers, Kennett Par. Antiq. (1695); (K.) Ken. I want more
heleing (W.F.S.). e.Ken. It is very cold, will you have some
more healing put on your bed? (G.G.) Sus. I'm terrible bäd off
for healin', sure-ly (S.P.H.); Sus.1 In the will of Rev. H. Marshall,
he leaves ‘2 pillowberes and a healing.’ w.Som.1, nw.Dev.1
3. To bind a book. War. (H.K.)
Hence Healing, sb. the cover or binding of a book.
w.Yks. (J.T.), Chs.2 Chs.3 s.Stf. They brought ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’
back wi' booth the eelins off, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). War.
(H.K.), War.2 Shr. Reports Provinc. (1887) 9; Shr.2, w.Som.1
Dev. N. & Q. (1853) 1st S. viii. 44; Reports Provinc. (1887) 9.
4. To cover over; to cover with a slight layer of earth;
to harrow in seed; also with in, over, or up. Cf. hill, v.2
N.I.1 To plant young trees in a temporary way, to keep them
safe till it is convenient to plant them permanently. Wxf.1 Heal
the beäns. w.Yks.2 To heald up potatoes. Wor. We was wheat-planting
yesterday till the snow came, and we 'ain't healed it yet
(H.K.). s.Wor.1, Hrf.2, Glo.1 Hrt. The barley will come in rows
and be the better haled or covered from vermin, Ellis Mod. Husb.
(1750) II. ii. Nrf. Esp. of covering newly-made bricks with straw
to protect them from the weather before they are burned, N. & Q.
(1873) 4th S. xi. 393. Ken. To put a plant hastily in the soil when
not convenient to plant it, so as to cover up the roots, is to hele it
in (J.A.B.); Ken.1 All right! I'll work 'im; I've only just got
this 'ere row o' taturs to heal. Sur.1 Sus. (M.B.-S.); Sus.1 I
healed up the roots with some straw. Hmp. (H.E.), Hmp.1 I.W.1
That wheeat's well heeal'd in; I.W.2 To ‘heal in’ corn or potatoes.
Wil. Used of covering or earthing up potatoes, &c., Wil. Arch.
Mag. XIV. 259; Wheat is said to be not well healed when not
well covered with earth when sown, Davis Agric. (1813). Dor.
(A.C.); (W.C.) (c. 1750); Dor.1 To hēal beäns. Som. (W.F.R.)
w.Som.1 Be sure 'n hale up the mangle way the greens, arter
'ee've a pulled 'em, fear o' the vrost. Dev. (E.D.); There'll be a
purty 'ard vrast tü-night, Bill; thee'st best ways hale up tha tatties,
or they'll be spowled, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892); Dev.1; Dev.3 An
old sexton said that his son dug the graves but he always haled
them in himself.
Hence (1) Heler, sb. anything which is laid over as
a cover, the cover of a wooden drain; (2) Healing, (a) vbl.
sb. the process of covering potatoes, &c., with a layer of
earth; (b) sb. a covering of earth laid over potatoes, &c.
(1) Ken.1 (2, a) w.Cy. Every farmer or labourer... will tell
you that the second helling of potatoes is the covering them with
earth a second time, N. & Q. (1852) 1st S. v. 162. (b) w.Som.1
Take off the helin off o' the tatee-cave, eens they mid airy a bit.
5. Of seed: to sink into the earth, to become covered over.
Wil. When the newly sown corn does not ‘heeld’ or ‘yeeld’ it
requires the harrow, Jefferies Gt. Estate (1880) viii; Wil.1
6. To besmear or daub with dirt.
Dev.1 My coats was a dugg'd up and my shoes heal'd in mux, 19.
7. To roof in a building or rick; to cover with slates or
tiles; occas. to thatch; also with in.
Hrf. The building was helled in (W.W.S.). Sur.1 Ken. A
woman, wishing to say she worked under cover, not in the open
air, said the place where she worked was heled in (J.A.B.);
Ken.1 Sus. When the roofing of a house is completed it is said to
be healed in. Horsham stone is much used (F.E.S.); They have
nearly finished healing the church (S.P.H.); Ray (1691). Hmp.
Holloway. Dev. Moore Hist. Dev. (1829) I. 354; N. & Q. (1873)
4th S. xi. 393; Dev.2 Routley hath'n' hailed his mews eet. w.Dev.
Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). Cor. N. & Q. (1874) 5th S. i. 434; Cor.1
w.Cor. This expression... is being gradually restricted to such
buildings as are covered with slate, N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xi. 468.
Hence (1) Healed, ppl. adj. covered over with slate, having
a slate roof; (2) Healer, Hellier, or Helyer, sb. a slater,
tiler, one who lays on the slates or tiles of a roof; occas.
a thatcher; (3) Healing, sb. (a) a slate used for roofing;
a slate roof; (b) a garret under a sloping roof; (4) Healing-stone,
sb. a flat slate used for roofing; occas. used as
a tombstone.
(1) Sus. There is a ‘Stone-healed House Farm’ in Wivelsfield
parish (F.E.S.). Cor.3 (2) Wxf.1 Wm. Grose (1790) MS. add.
(P.) s.Wor. (H.K.) Glo. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 209; Glo.1 Glo.2
w.Cy. Ray (1691). Wil.1 Dor. (A.C.); (W.C.) (c. 1750). Som.
(F.R.C.); W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 A thatcher is never called
a hellier. Dev. Slaters with us still retain that antique name... for
here they are called helliers, Bray Desc. Tamar and Tavy (1836)
I. lett. xvii. 306; Dev.1, nw.Dev.1 w.Dev. Marshall Rur. Econ.
(1796). Cor.1 Cor.2 Cor.3 w.Cor. N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xi. 468. (3, a) Sus.
(S.P.H.) Dev. He don't keep the haling on the roof as he should
do, O'Neill Dimpses (1893) 22; 1721-2. Pd Charles Cary for
one yeare repaireing the Church Helling £4 0s. 0d., Worth
Tavistock Rec. (1887) 50; Dev.2 Be you gwain ta ha' your new
houze datched or hellen hailed? nw.Dev.1 w.Dev. Marshall
Rur. Econ. (1796). Cor. The houses... that were roofed with
slates, had the hellins... stripped off the roof by dozens at a
time, Pearce Esther Pentreath (1891) bk. 1. iii; Cor.1 Cor.2 Cor.3 (b)
w.Yks.3 (4) Dev. At one part, known locally as the ‘Chapel
Green,’ were a lot of ‘Hellan’ stones,.. this spot being pointed
out as the old churchyard or burial ground, n.Dev. Herald (Apr. 4,
1895) 8, col. 3; Dev.1 n.Dev. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) Gl.
nw.Dev.1 To 250 Helling Stones 3s. 9d. s.Dev. 1690. For 200 and
halfe of healing stones... and ye carriage 04. 08, E. Budleigh
Chwarden's Acc. Cor. For the covering of houses there are three
sorts of slate which from that use take the name of heeling-stones,
Carew Surv. Cor. vi, in Leveson-Gower Gl. (1876); Cor.1 Cor.2
w.Cor. N. & Q. (1873) 4th S. xi. 468.
8. To season an oven when first made. Chs.1 Chs.3
Hence Eeling, vbl. sb. the seasoning of an oven with
fire when first made. Chs. (K.)
9. To rake up a fire, to cover a fire. s.Cy. (Hall.) Sus.
Ray (1691); (K.) 10. sb. A hidden spot, an unseen
place; shelter.
n.Wil. (G.E.D.) e.Dev. Keeping under hele with his oil-skins
on, Blackmore Perlycross (1894) xxxvi. [Ray (1691) MS. add.
(J.C.) 36.I]
[OE. helian, wv., helan, sv., to cover, hide, conceal.]:1