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noun

Stalling n. Stabling.

verb

Stall v. t. (past & past part. stalled; pres. part. stalling)

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."

To fatten; as, to stall cattle. (Prov. Eng.)

To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. (Obs.)

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."

To forestall; to anticipate. (Obs.) "This is not to be stall'd by my report."

To keep close; to keep secret. (Obs.) "Stall this in your bosom."

Stall v. i.

To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. (Obs.) "We could not stall together In the whole world."

To kennel, as dogs.

To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

To be tired of eating, as cattle. (Prov. Eng.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stalling" Quotes from Famous Books

... you'll find it is, Mauser." The former marshal allowed himself a grimace. "Besides, I owe you something for that spectacular scene when you came skimming over the treetops, the two enemy gliders right behind you, then stalling your craft and crashing into that tree not thirty feet from my open air headquarters. Admittedly, in forty years of fracases, I've never ...

— Frigid Fracas • Dallas McCord Reynolds