v. Obs. [UP- 4. Cf. (M)Du. ophalen, (M)LG. uphalen, MHG. ûfholn (G. aufholen), (M)Da. ophale, Sw. upphala.] trans. To pull or draw up; fig. to drink up. Also Uphaled pa. pple.
14[?]. in Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903), 247. The rote of an erbe I sholde vp hale, Men call it chastite.
c. 1540. Dr. Doubble Ale, 154, in Hazl., E. P. P., III. 311. Our Doctour Doubble Ale, Whose countenance is neuer pale, So wel good drinke he can vphale.
1582. Stanyhurst, Æneis (Arb.) 19. This Queene … Downe swasht theyre nauy, thee swelling surges vphaling.
c. 1620. Z. Boyd, Zion’s Flowers (1855), 3. They turn like mist uphaled by the sunne.
