3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
Stalling \Stall"ing\, n.
Stabling. --Tennyson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stalling
n : a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: {stall}]
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