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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Stall \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. Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. Dryden. 2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.] 3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. --Shak. 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. His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E. Hale. 5. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having This not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger. 6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.] Stall this in your bosom. --Shak. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Stalled \Stalled\, a. Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. [bd]A stalled ox.[b8] --Prov. xv. 17. | |
