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English Dictionary: walling by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wall \Wall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Walled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Walling}.]
      1. To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. [bd]Seven
            walled towns of strength.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     The king of Thebes, Amphion, That with his singing
                     walled that city.                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
  
                     The terror of his name that walls us in. --Denham.
  
      3. To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Walling \Wall"ing\, n.
      1. The act of making a wall or walls.
  
      2. Walls, in general; material for walls.
  
      {Walling wax}, a composition of wax and tallow used by
            etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the
            edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the
            acid used in etching, and the like. --Fairholt.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Walling, TN
      Zip code(s): 38587
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