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noun

Health n.

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

A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. "Come, love and health to all."

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.

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Etymology of 'Health'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Health" Quotes from Famous Books

... he cried. "Can't you see what you've done, you and your idiot crew? As you've driven health from my body so, by your blasted privations, you've ...

— Men of Affairs • Roland Pertwee

... to the Friar, "you appear to me to enjoy a state that all the world might envy; the flower of health shines in your face, your expression makes plain your happiness; you have a very pretty girl for your recreation, and you seem well satisfied with ...

— Candide • Voltaire

... of the company individually. Then he drank to them all together. There was a very large cup, called the bowl of Hercules, which he now called for, and, after having filled it to the brim, he drank it off to the health of one of the company present, a Macedonian named Proteas. This feat being received by the company with great applause, he ordered the great bowl to be filled again, and ...

— Alexander the Great - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott

... her the obvious thing to do. She spoke proudly, for it flashed into her mind that here was the opportunity to redeem the situation with Wilbur. She would tend him devotedly and when he had been restored to health by her loving skill, perhaps he would appreciate her at her worth, and recognize that she had thwarted him only ...

— Unleavened Bread • Robert Grant

... pastures, good arable, clothed with trees, bounded with hills that almost reach mountain dignity, and in sight of the Bristol Channel which is there all but Sea. I fancy the climate is moist, and I should think the trees are too many for health: but I was there too little time to quarrel with it on that score. After being there, I went to see a parson friend in Dorsetshire; {222} a quaint, humorous man. Him I found in a most out-of- the-way ...

— Letters of Edward FitzGerald - in two volumes, Vol. 1 • Edward FitzGerald

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