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Stall   /stɔl/   Listen
noun
Stall  n.  
1.
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. "In an oxes stall."
2.
A stable; a place for cattle. "At last he found a stall where oxen stood."
3.
A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
4.
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale. "How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid."
5.
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. "The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls." "Loud the monks sang in their stalls."
6.
In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
7.
(Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
8.
A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for sale. "Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on A titlepage is this!""


verb
Stall  v. t.  (past & past part. stalled; pres. part. stalling)  
1.
To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox. "Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled."
2.
To fatten; as, to stall cattle. (Prov. Eng.)
3.
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. (Obs.)
4.
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. "His horses had been stalled in the snow."
5.
To forestall; to anticipate. (Obs.) "This is not to be stall'd by my report."
6.
To keep close; to keep secret. (Obs.) "Stall this in your bosom."


Stall  v. i.  
1.
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. (Obs.) "We could not stall together In the whole world."
2.
To kennel, as dogs.
3.
To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
4.
To be tired of eating, as cattle. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Stall" Quotes from Famous Books



... dear Prince! I shall not eat my bread Of stranger hands, nor to strange stall be led. Take thy right hand, and place it ...
— Indian Fairy Tales • Collected by Joseph Jacobs
... not necessary. O'Malley and Sim were going straight down the line of planes, their guns blasting flame and lead. The target was so narrow that Stan had to stall and slip a bit to drop behind in order to get ...
— A Yankee Flier Over Berlin • Al Avery
... There was no doubt of that; and what did the monster do but finish by clapping his tail into his mouth, and then he lay just like a big codfish on a fishmonger's stall. It was a fashion we concluded he had when he wished to bask in the sun, but a very inconvenient ...
— Marmaduke Merry - A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days • William H. G. Kingston
... out when we left our stall; Rose up, went out, and vanished in the night. He always sits beside me in that hall, But goes when goes the ...
— Yesterdays • Ella Wheeler Wilcox
... won't argue that now," said Murtha affably. In his manner was something suggestive of the cat that has caught the king of the rats. A tremendous satisfaction radiated from him. "You can stall some people, son, but you can't stall me. I've got you and I've got the goods on you—that's sufficient. But before you and me glide down out of here together and start for the front office I'd like to talk a little with ...
— From Place to Place • Irvin S. Cobb


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