| Wall (wall) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wall |
| (Naut.) |
A kind of
knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
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| Wall (wall) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wall |
| [AS. weall, from L.
vallum a wall, vallus a stake, pale, palisade; akin to Gr.
(?) a nail. Cf. Interval.]
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A work or structure of stone, brick, or other
materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security,
solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town,
etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a
room.
A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in
the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as,
the walls of a steam-engine cylinder.
The side of
a level or drift.
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| Wall (wall) |
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| v. t. | ((?)) |
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| Wall |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Walled (&?]); p. pr. *** vb. n.
Walling.] |
To inclose with a wall, or as with
a wall.
To defend by walls, or as if by walls] to
fortify.
To close or fill with a wall, as a
doorway.
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