| Stall (stall) |
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| n. | (st***add]l) |
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| Stall |
| [OE. stal,
AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable;
akin to D. *** OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, Icel.
stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place] akin
to G. stelle a place, |
A stand] a station; a fixed
spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and
fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox,
or other animal.
A stable; a place for cattle.
A small apartment or shed in which
merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a
bookstall.
A bench or table on which small articles of
merchandise are exposed for sale.
A seat in the choir of a church, for one of
the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially,
at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with
canopies and elaborate carving.
In the theater, a seat with arms or
otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas,
etc.
The space left by
excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under
Post.
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To put into a stall or stable]
to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
To place in an office with the customary
formalities; to install.
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be
able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
To forestall; to anticipitate.
To keep close; to keep secret.
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To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
To kennel, as dogs.
To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick
fast.
To be tired of eating, as cattle.
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A covering or sheath,
as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a
thumb stall; a finger stall.
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