stall

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stalled 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 ]

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. √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 ]

n. [ Cf. OF. estallage, of German origin. See Stall, n. ] 1. (Eng. Law) The right of erecting a stall or stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Installation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. “A stalled ox.” Prov. xv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A standard bearer. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stall-fed p. pr. & vb. n. Stall-feeding. ] To feed and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stabling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]