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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stall \Stall\ (st[add]l), n. [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 also to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr. ste`llein to set, place, send, and E. stand. [root]163. See {Stand}, and cf. {Apostle}, {Epistle}, {Forestall}, {Install}, {Stale}, a. & v. i., 1st {Stalk}, {Stallion}, {Still}.] 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." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A stable; a place for cattle. [1913 Webster] At last he found a stall where oxen stood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall. [1913 Webster] 4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale. [1913 Webster] How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid. --Gay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster] Loud the monks sang in their stalls. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See {Post and stall}, under {Post}. [1913 Webster] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Stall reader}, one who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for sale. [1913 Webster] Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on A titlepage is this!" --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stall \Stall\, v. i. [AS. steallian to have room. See {Stall}, n.] 1. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We could not stall together In the whole world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To kennel, as dogs. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast. [1913 Webster] 4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stall \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stalled} (st[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stalling}.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.] 1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox. [1913 Webster] Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. --Burton. [1913 Webster] His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E. Hale. [1913 Webster] 5. To forestall; to anticipate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This is not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] 6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Stall this in your bosom. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: stall n 1: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed 2: small area set off by walls for special use [syn: {booth}, {cubicle}, {stall}, {kiosk}] 3: a booth where articles are displayed for sale [syn: {stall}, {stand}, {sales booth}] 4: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it" 5: seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater 6: small individual study area in a library [syn: {carrel}, {carrell}, {cubicle}, {stall}] 7: a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: {stall}, {stalling}] v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: {procrastinate}, {stall}, {drag one's feet}, {drag one's heels}, {shillyshally}, {dilly-dally}, {dillydally}] 2: come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" [syn: {stall}, {conk}] 3: deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling" 4: put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse" 5: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes 6: cause an airplane to go into a stall 7: cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car" From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Stall /ʃtal/ barnstable; stable