† ˌall-ˈwhole, a. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 al-hool, 5–6 al-hole, 6–7 all whole. North. 5 al hale, 5–6 all hale, al haill, 6 alhayl.
[all- E 6 + whole; cf. all A 10. Cf. Fr. tout entier.]
A. adj. Entire.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. iv. 20 The seid ful al hool moral lawe of kinde..the al hool lawe with which Cristen men ben chargid. 1513 Douglas æneis vi. xiii. Argt., Anchyses schawis Eneas to the end Alhayl the lynage that suld fra hym discend. 1588 A. King Canisius' Catech. 2 in Cath. Tractates (S.T.S.) 209 That Christ is alhaill contenit in the holie sacrament off the alter. |
B. adv. Entirely.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 39 Fra Clyde alhaill on to Brigantia. 1541 R. Copland Galyen's Terapeut. 2 B iv b, It is a straunge thynge, & all hole agaynst reason. 1601 Holland Pliny (1634) I. 67 The region..all whole in the midland part of Italy. |