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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



... enclosure, which is made of strong trees, and some of them break their tusks in endeavouring to force their way out. The people then goad him with pointed canes, till they force him into a narrow stall, in which he is securely fastened with strong ropes about his body and legs, and is left there for three or four days without food or drink. Then they bring a female to him, with food and drink, and ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII • Robert Kerr
... in his orchestra-stall at the opera. They were singing The Huguenots. The Marquise occupied her box between the columns. The numerous acquaintances Camors met in the passages during the first entr'acte prevented his ...
— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet
... Liverpool Street Suburban line. He was going down to Enfield in his professional capacity, and while he waited for his train, walking up and down, his attention was caught by a figure which appeared in some way familiar to him standing at the book-stall. A minute, and he had recognised it as that of the youth who had been so bent ...
— A Sheaf of Corn • Mary E. Mann
... immediate use—sold hot to passers by, and eaten as they stood—with stalls of pastry of many kinds, bread, cakes, and confectionery; chocolate, flavored with vanilla and other spices, and pulque, prepared with many varying flavors, tempted the passers by. All these commodities, and every stall and portico, were set out and well-nigh ...
— By Right of Conquest - Or, With Cortez in Mexico • G. A. Henty
... apparently easier; temperature 102.5 deg., but very difficult respiration; laxative had operated during the night; ordered diffusible stimulants. About two hours and a half after my last visit, the horse turned round in his stall and dropped down dead! ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks


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