\Health\, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h?lp, fr. h[=a]l hale,
sound, whole. See {Whole}.]
1. 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.             --Book of
                                               Common Prayer.
         Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it
         can not be sported with without loss, or regained by
         courage.                              --Buckminster.
2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in
   a toast. ``Come, love and health to all.'' --Shak.
{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}.