Stall (st&add;l), n. [OE. stal,
AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable;
akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, Icel.
stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin
to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr.
ste`llein to set, place, send, and E. stand.
√163. See Stand, and cf. Apostle, Epistle,
Forestall, Install, Stale, a. &
v. i., 1st Stalk, Stallion,
Still.] 1. A stand; a station; a fixed
spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and
fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox,
or other animal. "In an oxes stall." Chaucer.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
At last he found a stall where oxen
stood.
Dryden.
3. A small apartment or shed in which
merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a
bookstall.
4. A bench or table on which small articles of
merchandise are exposed for sale.
How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are
laid.
Gay.
5. 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.
The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called
their thrones by the names of stalls.
Bp.
Warburton.
Loud the monks sang in their
stalls.
Longfellow.
6. In the theater, a seat with arms or
otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas,
etc.
7. (Mining) The space left by
excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under
Post.
Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall
where they are exposed for sale.
Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word
on
A titlepage is this!"
Milton.
Stall, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stalled (st&add;ld); 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. [Obs.]
This not to be stall'd by my
report.
Massinger.
6. To keep close; to keep secret.
[Obs.]
Stall this in your bosom.
Shak.
Stall, v. i. [AS. steallian to
have room. See Stall, n.] 1.
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.]
We could not stall together
In the whole world.
Shak.
2. To kennel, as dogs.
Johnson.
3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick
fast.
4. To be tired of eating, as cattle.
[Prov. Eng.]
Stall (?), n. A covering or sheath,
as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a
thumb stall; a finger stall.
Stall (st&add;l), n. [OE. stal,
AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable;
akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, Icel.
stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin
to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr.
ste`llein to set, place, send, and E. stand.
√163. See Stand, and cf. Apostle, Epistle,
Forestall, Install, Stale, a. &
v. i., 1st Stalk, Stallion,
Still.] 1. A stand; a station; a fixed
spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and
fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox,
or other animal. "In an oxes stall." Chaucer.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
At last he found a stall where oxen
stood.
Dryden.
3. A small apartment or shed in which
merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a
bookstall.
4. A bench or table on which small articles of
merchandise are exposed for sale.
How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are
laid.
Gay.
5. 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.
The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called
their thrones by the names of stalls.
Bp.
Warburton.
Loud the monks sang in their
stalls.
Longfellow.
6. In the theater, a seat with arms or
otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas,
etc.
7. (Mining) The space left by
excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under
Post.
Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall
where they are exposed for sale.
Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word
on
A titlepage is this!"
Milton.
Stall, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stalled (st&add;ld); 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. [Obs.]
This not to be stall'd by my
report.
Massinger.
6. To keep close; to keep secret.
[Obs.]
Stall this in your bosom.
Shak.
Stall, v. i. [AS. steallian to
have room. See Stall, n.] 1.
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.]
We could not stall together
In the whole world.
Shak.
2. To kennel, as dogs.
Johnson.
3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick
fast.
4. To be tired of eating, as cattle.
[Prov. Eng.]
Stall (?), n. A covering or sheath,
as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a
thumb stall; a finger stall.
