STALL

vi to kennel, as dogs.

2. stall ·vi a stable; a place for cattle.

3. stall ·vt to keep close; to keep secret.

4. stall ·vi to be tired of eating, as cattle.

5. stall ·vi to be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

6. stall ·vt to fatten; as, to stall cattle.

7. stall ·vt to forestall; to anticipitate. having.

8. stall ·vi to live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.

9. stall ·vi a bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

10. stall ·vt to place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

11. stall ·vi the space left by excavation between pillars. ·see post and stall, under post.

12. stall ·vt to put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

13. stall ·vi a small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

14. stall ·vi in the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, ·etc.

15. stall ·add. ·noun a covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.

xvi. stall ·vt to plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.

xvii. stall ·vi a stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.

xviii. stall ·vi 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.