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walling |
3 definitions found 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. ``Seven walled towns of strength.'' --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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