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stale

 

  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stale  \Stale\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Staled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Staling}.] 
  To  make  vapid  or  tasteless;  to  destroy  the  life,  beauty,  or 
  use  of  to  wear  out 
 
  Age  can  not  wither  her  nor  custom  stale  Her  infinite 
  variety.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stale  \Stale\,  n.  [OE.  stale,  stele,  AS  st[ae]l,  stel;  akin  to 
  LG  &  D.  steel,  G.  stiel;  cf  L.  stilus  stake,  stalk,  stem, 
  Gr  ?  a  handle,  and  E.  stall,  stalk,  n.] 
  The  stock  or  handle  of  anything  as  the  stale  of  a  rake. 
  [Written  also  {steal},  {stele},  etc.] 
 
  But  seeling  the  arrow's  stale  without  and  that  the 
  head  did  go  No  further  than  it  might  be  seen. 
  --Chapman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stale  \Stale\,  a.  [Akin  to  stale  urine,  and  to  stall,  n.; 
  probably  from  Low  German  or  Scandinavian.  Cf  {Stale},  v.  i.] 
  1.  Vapid  or  tasteless  from  age;  having  lost  its  life,  spirit, 
  and  flavor,  from  being  long  kept;  as  stale  beer. 
 
  2.  Not  new  not  freshly  made  as  stele  bread. 
 
  3.  Having  lost  the  life  or  graces  of  youth;  worn  out 
  decayed.  ``A  stale  virgin.''  --Spectator. 
 
  4.  Worn  out  by  use  or  familiarity;  having  lost  its  novelty 
  and  power  of  pleasing;  trite;  common.  --Swift. 
 
  Wit  itself  if  stale  is  less  pleasing.  --Grew. 
 
  How  weary,  stale  flat,  and  unprofitable  Seem  to  me 
  all  the  uses  of  this  world!  --Shak. 
 
  {Stale  affidavit}  (Law),  an  affidavit  held  above  a  year. 
  --Craig. 
 
  {Stale  demand}  (Law),  a  claim  or  demand  which  has  not  been 
  pressed  or  demanded  for  a  long  time. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stale  \Stale\,  v.  i.  [Akin  to  D.  &  G.  stallen,  Dan.  stalle,  Sw 
  stalla,  and  E.  stall  a  stable.  ?  163.  See  {Stall},  n.,  and 
  cf  {Stale},  a.] 
  To  make  water;  to  discharge  urine;  --  said  especially  of 
  horses  and  cattle.  --Hudibras. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stale  \Stale\,  n.  [See  {Stale},  a.  &  v.  i.] 
  1.  That  which  is  stale  or  worn  out  by  long  keeping,  or  by 
  use  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  A  prostitute.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Urine,  esp.  that  of  beasts.  ``Stale  of  horses.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stale  \Stale\,  n.  [Cf.  OF  estal  place  position,  abode,  market, 
  F.  ['e]tal  a  butcher's  stall,  OHG.  stal  station,  place 
  stable,  G.  stall  (see  {Stall},  n.);  or  from  OE  stale  theft, 
  AS  stalu  (see  {Steal},  v.  t.)] 
  1.  Something  set  or  offered  to  view,  as  an  allurement  to 
  draw  others  to  any  place  or  purpose;  a  decoy;  a  stool 
  pigeon.  [Obs.] 
 
  Still  as  he  went  he  crafty  stales  did  lay. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  A  stalking-horse.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson 
 
  3.  (Chess)  A  stalemate.  [Obs.]  --Bacon. 
 
  4.  A  laughingstock;  a  dupe.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stale 
  adj  1:  showing  deterioration  from  age;  "stale  bread"  [ant:  {fresh}] 
  2:  lacking  originality  or  spontaneity;  no  longer  new 
  "moth-eaten  theories  about  race"  [syn:  {old},  {moth-eaten}] 
  3:  no  longer  new  uninteresting;  "cold  (or  stale)  news"  [syn:  {cold}] 
  v  :  urinate,  of  cattle  and  horses




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