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单词 stall
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stalln.1

Brit. /stɔːl/, U.S. /stɔl/, /stɑl/
Forms: Old English steall, steal, stal, Middle English–1600s stal, stalle, Middle English steal, Middle English stel, Middle English–1500s stale, (Middle English stayle, stawll), 1500s staull, stawle, stawyll, 1500s–1600s staule, 1600s staul, 1500s–1800s Scottish staw, Middle English– stall.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic (wanting in Gothic): Old English steall masculine standing, state, place, stall for cattle, corresponds to Old Frisian stal (West Frisian stâl, North Frisian stal, staal), Middle Dutch, modern Dutch stal (masculine), Middle Low German stal (masculine), neuter stall for cattle, Old High German, Middle High German stal (masculine), neuter place, dwelling, stall for cattle (modern German stall masculine), Old Norse stall-r masculine supporting block or slab, pedestal, stall for horse (Middle Swedish stalder, Swedish stall, Danish stald stable) < Germanic stallo-. The word passed into Romanic: Italian stallo place, stalla stable, Old French estal place, position, stall for merchandise, etc. (modern French étal butcher's stall). Several of the English senses were probably adopted < Anglo-Norman, but this is not absolutely certain. The Germanic *stallo- , according to the now prevailing view, represents an older *stađlo- , < root *sta- to stand v. The pre-Germanic form of the suffix may have been either -dhlo- or -tlo- ; on the former supposition the word would correspond formally to Latin stabulum stable n.1; on the latter it would be a variant of *staþlo- staddle n.
†1. gen. Standing-place, place, position; place in a series, degree of rank; in Old English occasionally state, condition. Obsolete. in stead and stall (? corruptly in street and stall), everywhere, continually (see stead n.).
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun]
stallc1000
logh11..
settlea1340
placea1375
steada1387
sitea1398
assizec1400
position?a1425
estal1480
stound1557
planting1585
location1592
positure1600
posture1605
seat1607
situs1629
ubi1630
ubiety1645
locus1648
locality1656
topography1658
whereness1674
lie1697
spot1769
locus standi1809
possie1916
ubicity1922
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation
thingeOE
stallc1000
estrec1300
farea1325
arrayc1386
casea1393
costa1400
state of thingsa1500
style?a1505
predicament1586
facta1617
posture1620
picture1661
situation1750
position1829
lie1850
posish1859
state of play1916
the form1934
score1938
sitch1954
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 150 Carceres, horsa steal.
1042 in Thorpe Charters (1865) 348 Nu bidde ic ealle Godes freond..þæt hi for Godes eige næfre ne beon on stede ne on stealle þær æfre undon worðe þæt..we nu geunnen habben into þæt halige minstre.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11854 To beon abufenn oþre menn. I stalless. & i sætess.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2145 Þatt stannt wiþþ hire sune i stall. Þær heȝhesst iss inn heoffne.
c1220 Bestiary 489 Ðis wirm bitokneð ðe man ðat oðer biswikeð on stede er on stalle.
c1230 Hali Meid. 6 Of se swiðe heh stal, of se muche dignete,..as hit is to beo godes spuse.
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 263 Ha liuieð ..euer mare in a steal in al þat eauer god is.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 396 In þe ouermast element of all; þer þe fir he has his stall.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 695 Als he was stoken in that stall, He herd byhind him, in a wall, A dor opend.
1481 W. Caxton in tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) Prol. 3 The noble Godefroy of Boloyne whiche..was stalled in the thyrde stalle of the moost worthy of Cristen men.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 22 In hell, I wote, mon be my stall.
a1500 Robin Hood & Monk in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 101 Robyn Hode is euer bond to hym, Bothe in strete and stalle.
1614 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Panaretus 54 in Parl. Vertues Royal Hee found her out in a hot-humid Cell... The Angel..Made little stay in this vnholesome Stall.
†2. Phrases.
a. [Compare Old French phrases with estal: see Godefroy] to bring to stall: to bring to a stand, to fix, settle. to hold one's stall: to stand firm, keep one's position. to make, take, etc., stall, to keep at stall: to make a stand, take up a position, stop. to take (a tree) to stall: to take up one's position (there). Obsolete.
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the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide upon [verb (transitive)]
to take (in early use (i-)nim) to redeeOE
redeOE
to take (in early use (i-)nim) redeOE
to bring to stallc1275
rewardc1380
perfix1415
determ1423
concludec1430
prefix?1523
resolve1523
affix1524
devise1548
pitch?1567
purpose1574
to resolve with oneself1578
to set down1582
settle1596
determinea1616
decision1877
predetermine1884
the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > take up position
to take (a tree) to stallc1275
pitch1535
range1582
suit1591
to take (up) (one's) station?1596
to fall in1627
to take ground1700
fix1710
to take one's (also a) perch1871
post1872
the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop
abideOE
atstandc1000
steveneta1225
atstuntc1230
to make, take, etc., stallc1275
stema1300
astandc1314
withstanda1325
stintc1374
arrestc1400
stotec1400
stayc1440
steadc1475
stop short1530
disadvance1610
come1611
consist1611
check1635
halt1656
to bring to1697
to draw up1767
to bring up1769
to pull up1781
to fetch up1838
to come to a standstill1852
the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stabilize > steady
to bring to stallc1275
steady1530
ballast1596
settle1631
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10625 Whar Colgrim at-stod & æc stal wrohte.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 837 Þa Freinsce weoren isturmede & noðelas he stal makeden.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5077 For eche man tok a tre to stal, As tristi as a castel wal.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14144 Temese & Londone he passed al, At Wynchestre þer tok he stal.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 146 Now has he brought to stalle, his lond stabled redy.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 156 I salle bring him to stalle, bot he mak me acquitance.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xviii. 286 Gaheries with his warde..kepte at stall a longe while, but in the fyn he mote yeve grounde a litill.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxi. 42 b/2 Ye englysshmen drewe sagely to ye dykes, and ther made a stall tyll all their men wer in sauegard.
†b. [Perhaps a distinct word (? Old English stæl): compare Old English on nánum stale béon to be no help (to), Ælfred Orosius v. ix.] to stand (much, great, etc.) stall, to stand much in stall: to afford great help, be of use or service (const. dative of person). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful [verb (intransitive)]
to stand much in stallc1250
to stand in (little, no, etc.) steadc1390
minister1696
c1250 Owl & Night. 1632 Ah þu neuer mon to gode Lyues ne deþes stal ne stode.
a1272 Luue Ron 200 in Old Eng. Misc. 99 Hwo so cuþe hit to þan ende hit wolde him stonde muchel stel.
c1315 Shoreham Poems i. 746 Þe bone þat swych prest þer byȝt No stel ne schel hym stonde.
1399 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) I. 365 The bag is ful of roton corne, So long ykep, hit is forlorne, hit wille stonde no stalle.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2748 It was no wonder gret stal he stood Amonge hem alle was non so good.
c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xxxix A mon that hase alle way bynne kynde, Sum curtas mon ȝette may he fynde, That mekille may stonde in stalle.
c1440 Ps. Penit. (1894) 22 Envye and wrathe of herte..Schul stonde a man yn lytul stal, Whan he is clothed yn a clowt, To wone withynne a wormes wal.
3.
a. [Compare modern French stalle.] A standing-place for horses or cattle; a stable or cattle-shed; also each division for the accommodation of one animal in a stable, cattle-shed or cow-house; also, a manger.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > animal house > stall
stallc725
parrockOE
stalling1535
c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) S 512 Stabulum, stal.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 113 On [stride he makede] of heuene into þe maidenes inneðe, Oðer þenne in to þe stalle.
c1250 Owl & Night. 629 Vor hors a stable & oxe a stalle.
c1300 K. Alis. 1885 For Alisaundre..Heom to sakyn heo gon calle, So bocher the hog in stalle.
c1390 G. Chaucer Truth 18 Forþe, pylgryme, forþe, forþe beste out of þi stal.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. 447 His stede was sone stabillede, and lede to þe stalle.
c1440 Ps. Penit. (1894) 27 But seth thi flesch lord was perceyved, Ther hit was leid ful streit yn stalle Was ther no synful man deceyued That wolde to thy mercy calle.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 472/1 Stalle, of beestys stondynge, boscar, presepe.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 219 Gryt court hors puttis me fra the staw, To fang the fog be firthe and fald.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiv. 156 Then fed he here, Eleuen faire stalles of Goats.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) ii. i. 354 I haue..Sixe-score fat Oxen standing in my stalls . View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 106 The youthful Bull must wander in the Wood; Or, in the Stall at home his Fodder find.
1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 370 At the west end is a stall for one horse.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. i. 23 The art of fatting cattle in the stall was imperfectly understood.
1870 D. G. Rossetti Stratton Water in Poems ix The Kine were in the byre that day, The nags were in the stall.
figurative.1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i. sig. D4 This Tyranny Is strange; to take mine Eares vp by Commission, (Whether I will or no) and make them stalls To his lewd Solœcismes, and woorded trash. View more context for this quotation
b. transferred. U.S. (See quot. 1890.)
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1890 T. M. Cooley et al. Railways Amer. 232 The earlier locomotives, like horses, were given proper names..; the compartments in the round-houses for sheltering locomotives are termed stalls.
c. A parking space for a motor vehicle, usually marked out but not partitioned off. U.S.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > a parking place
car parking1915
parking space1916
parking place1922
parking area1925
stall1940
slot1944
parking bay1957
1940 College Topics (Univ. of Virginia) 4 Nov. These stalls will be painted to facilitate parking and a time limit of one hour has been ordered for both sides of the street in this area between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
1955 J. H. Schmitz in Aldiss & Harrison Decade the 1950s (1976) 17 Cord hurriedly flew the skipboat round the station and rolled it back into its stall.
1976 C. Weston Rouse Demon (1977) xxiii. 110 Her car was in its stall in the subterranean garage.
d. One of a series of urinals separated by divisions, in a men's lavatory; also, a compartment in a wash-room. Also urinal stall, toilet stall.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > urinal > one of a series of
urinal stall1967
1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 58 Stall urinal, a urinal having a back curved on plan to form a stall for the user... When stall urinals are fixed in ranges, divisions or cloaking pieces are provided between each stall.
1969 C. Logue New Numbers (1971) 62 Mechanical faucets drench a line of porcelain stalls.
1977 P. D. James Death of Expert Witness ii. vii. 90 The male washroom, apart from the urinal stalls, differed very little from the women's.
1978 R. Ludlum Holcroft Covenant xxiii. 265 If they let the weapon through, he was to reassemble it immediately, in the toilet stall of a men's room.
†4.
a. [So Old French estal.] A seat of office or dignity.
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society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > seat of office or authority
seldc825
stoolc897
high settlec950
seatc1175
benchc1330
stool1390
chair1393
stall1399
estatea1475
chair of state1498
statea1500
office chaira1715
1399 J. Gower In Praise of Peace 383 Sette ek the righful Pope uppon his stalle.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8582 Þar was he sett in king stall.
14.. Sir Beues (C.) 1283 He broght hym yn to the halle And set hym at mete yn knyȝtes stalle.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 663 He was set in the sure stall, stable throne, and vnmoveable Chayre of the crowne of his realme.
1638 W. Lisle tr. Heliodorus Hist. x. 167 Persina [the Queen]..(rising from her stall) Entreats the King.
figurative.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella lxxx Sweet-swelling lip,..Nature's praise, Vertue's stall; Cupid's cold fire, Whence words, not words but heav'nly graces slide.
†b. Assigned quarters, privilege of residence (in an almshouse). Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > assigned quarters in
stall1595
1595 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 75 That gif evir heireafter David Moreson or Johnne Wilsoun sall injure be wordis Sir Bartilmo Simsone [the Master], thay salbe deposed fra thair stallis in the almoushous of Glasgw.
5.
a. [Compare medieval Latin stallus, stallum, stalla, Old French estal(e, modern French stalle.] A fixed seat enclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides, esp. each of a row of seats in the choir of a church for the use of the clergy or religious, and, in a chapter-house, for the canons; also, each of the seats appropriated to knights of the higher orders of chivalry (e.g. the Knights of the Garter in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, the Knights of the Bath in Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster). Hence occasionally the office, status, dignity or emolument connected with the occupancy of a (cathedral) stall; a canonry or the like.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > clergy's
stalla1400
sediles1863
society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > clergy's > office connected with occupancy of
stall1691
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 4543 Þe kirke of cupido is clenly a-rayed. Þe stallis & in all stedis strowid with Rose.
c1400 Vesp. Ritual Ord. Nuns in Rule St. Benet 145 Att þe bygynnyng of þe mese þe madyn þat salbe mayde nun sal sit in þe quere a-pon a stole be-for þe priores stayle.
c1450 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 201 Item ane salter befor the Licentiatis stal strenyeit.
1522 Statutes Order of Garter xxv, in E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter (1672) App. sig. hv/1 Every Knyght within the yere of his stallation shall cause to be made a Scouchon of his armes, and hachementis in a plate of metall.., and that it be surely sett upon the backe of his stall.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 61 In the qwere in the byshoppes stalle that he was wonte to be stallyd in.
1571 E. Grindal Iniunctions Prouince of Yorke §2. sig. B.ijv Where the Churches are very small, it shall suffise that the Minister stande in his accustomed stall in the Queere.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 269 He was made Canon or Prebendary of the twelfth and last Stall in the collegiate Ch. at Westminster.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 323 The stalls of the monks in the choir are admirably carved.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 120 Though plac'd in golden Durham's second stall.
1788 New London Mag. May 279/2 The eleven vacant stalls of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Galahad iii, in Poems (new ed.) II. 175 I hear a voice, but none are there; The stalls are void, the doors are wide, The tapers burning fair.
1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens IV. xix. ii. 11 But Wolsey was not satisfied..with six prebendary stalls.
b. A long seat or doorless pew in a church; also a ‘sitting’.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun]
sitting?a1425
desk1560
stall1580
society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > pew > [noun] > doorless
stall1580
slip1828
1580 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 119 Item of John Carter for a staule for himselfe, iiij d.
1584 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 15 Item for George Tayler, James Huntlye, John Wilkinson, and Jarrat Swalwell, the shorte stall on the north side of the quere doore.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxv. 317 I have not been at church a great while: We shall sit in different stalls.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 355 Stall, a doorless pew of a church.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches iii. 28 Of the pews. Note. I am quite aware that this word is dreadfully ‘incorrect’... The ‘correct’ word is stalls, but unfortunately nave seats never are stalls.
c. [? After French stalle, Italian stallo.] Each of the chair-like seats arranged in rows in front of the pit in a theatre; also each of the corresponding seats in other places of entertainment.pit stall: see pit n.1 Compounds 1c.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > seat or place > types of seat
pigeonhole1732
box seat1779
stall1828
orchestra seat1843
orchestra stall1849
fauteuil1859
sofa stall1862
stall seat1920
house seat1927
riser1945
1828 in Sala's Jrnl. (1892) 30 Apr. 22 An orchestra has been constructed [at the Lyceum]; that is, a separation of the best part of the pit to the extent of about one-third; each row divided into ‘stalls’ or single seats at half-a-guinea each.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 563 From our places in the stalls we could see our four friends..in the loge.
1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 7 They sent me to the gallery, or round the music-'alls, But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth xviii. 89 The boxes were empty, and only a few of the orchestra stalls were taken.
d. transferred. plural. Those who occupy the stalls in a theatre.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > occupants of specific seat or place > collectively
gallery1649
box1677
side-box1685
gods1752
stall1901
1901 G. B. Shaw Three Plays for Puritans Pref. p. viii English influence on the theatre, as far as the stalls are concerned, does not exist.
1920 Daily Mail 17 Sept. 4/5 ‘I wonder whether we shall ever get our ‘stalls’ back,’ a West End box-office manager remarked to me; the ‘stalls’ in the front-of-the-house vernacular signifying a particular class of playgoer.
1927 Sunday Express 10 Apr. 5/4 ‘Why should the stalls stand to oblige the pit?’ asked a satellite near me.
6.
a. [Compare Old French estal (modern French étal), Flemish stal.] A bench, table, board or the like, esp. one in front of a shop, upon which goods are exposed for sale; a booth or covered stand for the sale of wares at a market, fair, or in the open street; a stand at a Fancy Fair.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > stall or booth > [noun]
shopOE
boothc1175
cheaping-boothc1175
stall1377
standinga1387
crame1477
bower1506
stand1551
loge1749
market stall1827
kiosk1865
joint1927
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvi. 128 And knokked on hem with a corde and caste adown her stalles.
a1400 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 353 Also, no wollemongere, ne no man, ne may habbe no stal in þe heye-stret..bote he do war-fore.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 412 Iohn Curcy of Oxenford yaf..to hugh hore of Oxenford, mercer, a selde, with the stalle afore and a Celer vndir.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1580 There were stallis by þe strete stondyng for peopull, Werkmen into won, and þaire wares shewe.
1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) iii. sig. X iiij I heard you at Garbranges staule in Oxenforde aske for Irenæus Epistles.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E6v All these together in one heape were throwne, Like carkases of beastes in butchers stall.
1592 Arden of Feversham ii. ii Prentise. Tis very late; I were best shute vp my stall.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xix. 168 I haue oftentimes seene in a Mercers shoppe, a great heap of massy goldlace lye vpon their stall.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week vi. 73 How pedlars stalls with glitt'ring toys are laid, The various fairings of the country maid.
1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 68 The pocket-books were lost, but seven of them a friend of Vertue's met with on a stall, bought, and lent to him.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iii. 52 Though I was bred at a flesher's stall, I have not through my life had a constant intimacy with collops.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvii. 624 She is always having stalls at Fancy Fairs for the benefit of these hapless beings.
1894 H. Caine Manxman v. i The market-place was covered with the carts and stalls of the country people.
? Proverbial phrase.1697 Verdicts conc. Virgil & Homer i. 1 Sublime Notions,..which are not to be found in every Stall, are the Paterns to be imploy'd there [i.e. in an Heroic Poem].
†b. The booth or shed to shelter a cobbler at his work. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > repairing or renovating > place
stall1692
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ii. cccci. 376 A Cobler turn'd Doctor,..What was it but the Brazen Face of the Quack..that Advanc'd this Upstart from the Stall to the Stage?
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 283 A poor cobbler sate in his stall by the way side.
†7. A stand for a cask. (Cf. stallage n. 2b, stell n.2)
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > cask stand
stall1538
gantry1574
stillage1596
stilling1604
scantling1632
stella1658
settle1695
stilt1701
still-yard1725
stalder1736
stillion1803
stallage1838
1538 Inventories Relig. Houses in Archaeologia (1871) 43 226 The Buttery..j bread huche; j stalle to ley drynke on.
1630 Maldon (Essex) Documents (Bundle 217, No. 22) In the buttery, i beer stalle.
8. Applied to a sheath or receptacle of various kinds.
a. Each of the several compartments or sheaths for the fingers in a glove.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > finger
fingerling1440
stall1483
finger1565
glove-finger1864
hud1893
1483 Cath. Angl. 131/2 A Fyngyr stalle, digitale.
1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. viii. sig. E.ivv I haue brought sleues of kid... They be made glouelike, and for eche finger a stall.
†b. hammer stall: see quots. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > covers for guns
hammer stall1802
sheepskin1802
gun apron1876
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Stall Hammer stall, a piece of leather, which is made to cover the upper part of the lock belonging to a musquet. It is useful in wet weather.
1876 J. Grant Hist. India I. lxv. 332/2 They had French firelocks, with a leather cover for the lock, known then, in our service, as a ‘hammer-stall’.
c. Each of a set of cases for holding cartridges, attached to a tunic or waistcoat.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > cartridge-box or -pouch
bandoleer1611
cartridge1627
pouch1627
vandaliroa1660
collar1672
patrontash1685
cartouche-box1697
cartridge-box1699
cartridge-case1769
salt-box1803
cartouche1807
patron1829
thimble-belt1901
stall1906
1906 Advt. Automatic Stall Cartridge Holder... Each stall holds three cartridges, and the usual number of stalls on a coat or waistcoat is eight.
†9. Each of a series of ‘screen’ book-cases set at right angles to the walls of a library, each pair forming a bay or an alcove. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [noun] > stall, stack, or shelf in library
classis1631
interclassis1678
class1686
stall1709
open shelf1821
stack1879
1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 318 All ye Inner Part of ye Library [of Exeter College] was quite destroy'd [by fire] & only one stall of Books or thereabouts secur'd.
1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. II. 97 The Library..had seven ‘stalls’ or bookcases. We may assume that these were set at right angles to the walls,..with a window between each pair of cases.
10. Metallurgy. A ‘walled area’ or compartment between low walls in which ores are roasted.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > parts of furnace > [noun] > compartment or section
fire room1657
shaft1855
wrinkle1884
stall1887
1887 Röhrig Technol. Wörterbuch I. Röst-stadel (Met.), stall, mound, walled-in area.
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stall,..Metal. An inclosure, usually roofless, in which ore is roasted.
11. [? A distinct word; compare German stollen (perhaps the source).] Coal Mining. (See quot. 1883.)pillar and stall: see pillar and stall n. at pillar n. Compounds 2.post and stall: see post and stall at post n.1 7b. So also stall and room.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > working face or place > in coal mine
stall1665
bank1693
coalface1771
set1858
1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D3v When they have wrought the Crutes or Staules, (as some Colliers call them) as broad and as far in under the ground, as they think fit.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 148 In this Level He had five wallings or Stauls, out of which they dug the coal in great blocks.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 148 Staules.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 237 Stall, a working place in a mine, varying in length from a few feet to 80 yards or more, according to the thickness of the seam and system of working adopted. Stall and Room work, working the coal in compartments, or in isolated chambers or pillars.
12. [ < stall v.1 14] Scottish. A surfeit, disrelish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > caused by a surfeit or excess > instance of
stall1782
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > disgust or revulsion for food or drink > [noun] > instance of
stall1782
1782 J. Sinclair Observ. Sc. Dial. 129 A staw.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags v He had gotten a staw of the red soldiers.
13. [ < stall v.1 9d, 9e]
a. Aeronautics. The condition of an aircraft when the streamline flow over its wings breaks down, usually owing to a low air speed or a high angle of attack; the sudden loss of lift (and height) associated with this.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > stalling
stalling1912
stall1918
whip-stall1927
shock stalling1937
shock stall1938
1918 J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 88 He went straight up three hundred feet and stalled and fell out of the stall right into the middle of the field.
1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 162 One man would go up and do a series of loops, another did tail slides and stalls, as we term a manœuvre in which the machine is brought to a dead stop after reaching the apex of an upward curve.
1927 Glasgow Herald 31 Aug. 10 There is only one issue to the stall near the ground—a spin and a crash.
1928 New Republic 15 Aug. 331/2 In a straight dive down, coming out of a ‘stall’..which stopped only when I levelled off and began to fly straight.
1966 M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xxv. 191 He couldn't slow down to my airspeed without..stalling and nobody..would risk a stall this close to the ground.
1976 W. Greatorex Crossover 204 The big jet fell ten thousand feet..in a stall that would have turned into a spin..with a less-experienced captain.
b. The sudden stopping of an internal-combustion engine at low revolutions (see also quot. 1959).
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > the sudden stopping of an engine
stall1959
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > stall
stall1959
1959 Motor Man. (ed. 36) iv. 83 The very simple torque converter..would work well only at one speed. It could, for instance, be designed to give quite high multiplication at ‘stall’ (the moment when the car is on the point of moving).
1973 R. Rosenblum Mushroom Cave (1974) 3 The [boat's] motor was finicky; tying off the cord had precipitated a coughing fit in the carburetor, followed by a stall.

Compounds

General attributive.
C1. Simple attributive.
a.
stall-back n.
ΚΠ
1895 M. R. James Abbey St. Edmund at Bury 131 The legends of saints are painted upon the wooden stall-backs.
stall-collar n.
ΚΠ
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. §31. 127 Each horse should be bound to his stall with a leather stall-collar... Iron chains make the strongest stall-collar-shanks.
stall-drain n.
ΚΠ
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 51 The main drain, into which all the stall-drains should empty themselves.
stall-elbow n.
ΚΠ
1882 Archaeologia Cantiana 14 115 Remnants of two stall-elbows.
stall-end n.
ΚΠ
1512 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 37 My body to be buried in the midd alye [of the church], at my stale end.
stall post n.
ΚΠ
1828 R. Darvill Treat. Race Horse I. i. 31 Each stall-post behind the horse's quarters should be placed at a distance from the north wall of the building..of ten feet, which will form the length of the stall.
1887 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Stall post, or hindpost of a stall.
stall-produce n.
ΚΠ
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxviii. 343 His grandpapa..promised..not to give the child any cakes, lollipops, or stall produce whatever.
stall-ring n.
ΚΠ
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. §31. 127 The best hempen cords..are..soon apt to wear out in running through the smoothest stall-rings.
stall-woman n.
ΚΠ
1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. iv. 12 The child had seen many stall and market-women.
b.
stall-like adj.
ΚΠ
1895 ‘C. Holland’ My Japanese Wife vii The shops..have stall-like extensions, encroaching upon the roadway.
c.
stall warning n.
ΚΠ
1958 Chambers's Techn. Dict. Add. 1016/1 Stall-warning indicator, a device fitted to aeroplanes which do not provide positive warning of the approach of a stall by buffeting.
1976 B. Lelomber Dead Weight ii. 32 The stall-warning light blazed urgently as I tried to haul the shuddering nose up.
C2. Special combinations:
stall-board n. (a) the board in front of or behind a shop-window upon which goods are exposed for sale; (b) a hat-maker's ironing-board; (c) (see quot. 1875); (d) (see quot. 1887).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop-fittings > display types
stall-board1598
serve-over1951
merchandiser1965
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > equipment > other
foot stock1565
stamper1688
wool-bow1688
bason1728
stall-board1745
satin wire1834
hurdle1837
planking machine1875
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 278 Before this Mountgodard streete, stall boords were set vp by the Butchers, to shewe and to sell their flesh meate vpon.
1666 Act 18 & 19 Chas. II c. 8 §12 It shall be lawfull for the Inhabitantes to suffer their Stall boards (when their Shop windowes are set open) to..extend eleaven inches and noe more.
1745 D. De Coetlogon Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. II. 107/2 When steamed sufficiently and dried, we'll put it again off the Block, brush it, and iron it on our Stall-board.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stall-boards, a series of floors on to which soil or ore is pitched successively in excavating.
1887 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Stall board, the division between the housing places in a stable.
1898 F. Fletcher & H. P. Fletcher Carpentry & Joinery xx. 222 [A ventilator] to prevent the condensation of the atmosphere against the glass, which would prevent the goods or articles on the stall-board being seen.
stall-edition n. a cheap edition of a work offered for sale on the bookstalls (cf. stall-literature n.).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > edition > [noun] > other types of edition
critical edition1721
trade edition1819
colonial edition1825
share book1853
stall-edition1854
Aldine1862
library edition1869
Kelmscott1920
cheaps1930
quickie1933
1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) iii. 40 A common stall-edition of Blind Harry's ‘Wallace’.
† stall-epistle n. Obsolete an ‘open letter’ or pamphlet sold on the stalls.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [noun] > leafleting > leaflet for public distribution > sold on stalls
stall-epistle1642
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 36 So just is it in the language of stall epistle non sense.
stall gate n. the road from a stall to the main road in a coal-mine.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > other passages in coal-mine
head1486
room1670
headway1708
breast-hee1850
gate-road1860
stall gate1883
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 237 Stall gate.
stall-holder n. (a) the holder of an ecclesiastical stall; (b) one who is in charge of a stall at a bazaar, etc.; (c) one who occupies a seat in the stalls of a theatre, concert-hall, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > stall-keeper > at a bazaar
stall-holder1849
society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [noun] > prebendary > one who holds
provenderc1300
provendrerc1390
prebendary1422
prebend1447
prebendar1504
corrodiarya1631
Preb.1640
stall-holder1849
corrodier1865
prebender1983
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience > occupants of specific seat or place
scaffolder1597
nutcracker1602
groundling1604
understander1633
pit-mask1701
goddess1799
pittite1807
stall-holder1849
half-crowner1886
stallite1887
1849 Theatr. Programme 34/2 The Committee have the honor to announce the following Stall Holders:—The Duchess of Leeds, [etc.].
1881 M. E. Herbert Edith vi The stallholders [of the bazaar] were presented.
1895 Dublin Rev. July 217 The secular canons did not displace the ancient stall-holders before 1309.
1963 Times 10 Jan. 4/3 Last night's performance in the Albert Hall allowed stallholders, at least, to hear more of that detail than ever before.
stall-keeper n. †(a) one who provides stable accommodation for horses; †(b) (see quot. 1868); (c) one who keeps a stall for sale of goods.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > stabling > stable-keeper
stable-keeperc1440
stabler1508
stall-keeper1591
livery-stable keeper1703
stabulist1826
liveryman1841
livery1986
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > stall-keeper
booth-keeper1838
stall-keeper1842
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Establerizo A horsekeeper, a stall keeper, Stabularius.
1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 2 157 Went to keep a stall at the fancy fair. Threw all the other stall-keepers into the shade.
1865 J. B. Harwood Lady Flavia xvi Tiresome men, they declared, expected stall-keepers [at a fancy-fair]..to smile incessantly at every coxcomb who might affect to cheapen a penwiper.
1868 M. E. C. Walcott Sacred Archæol. 560 At Lincoln they [the subsacrists] were called stall~keepers.
1914 Daily News 29 July 5 In several markets stall-keepers were assaulted.
† stall-learning n. Obsolete learning acquired by the perusal of books on a bookstall.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun]
tirology1560
lip-wisdoma1586
morosophy1594
slenderness1639
stall-learning1673
index-learning1728
sciolism1753
knowingness1819
pansciolism1868
smattery1892
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 76 How well they have behav'd themselves..let..the Avenue-Readers, the Wall-Observers, and those that are acquainted with Stall-Learning..testifie.
stall-literature n. the cheap literature of the bookstalls (cf. stall-edition n.).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [noun] > book sold by itinerant dealers
chap-book1824
stall-literature1834
stationery literature1851
chap1883
subscription book1990
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 184/2 My very copper pocket-money I laid out on stall-literature.
stall-man n. (a) a keeper of a book-stall; (b) a man who contracts for and works a stall in a coal-mine; also each of a company of men associated for that purpose.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets > types of
bawdy-basket1567
ballad-monger1598
land-pirate1608
map-monger1639
bookwoman1647
mercury1648
second-hand bookseller1656
Bible-seller1707
map-seller1710
stall-man1761
book auctioneer1776
scrap-monger1786
colporteur1796
death-hunter1851
train boy1852
speech-crier1856
roarer1865
looker-out1894
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxv. 164 There are not three Bruscumbilles in Christendom,—said the stall-man.
† stall-master n. [= German stallmeister] Obsolete a master of the horse.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > in charge of horses or stables
master of the horse1449
yeoman of the horse1455
yeoman of the stable1455
equerry1526
yeoman of the stirrup1526
stall-master1659
Crown Equerry1814
1659 M. Casaubon in J. Dee True & Faithful Relation Spirits i. 230 Octavius Spinola Chamberlain and Stall-Master.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. x. 292 [They] scarce wondered at the fears of Caspar, the stall-master, when he found such a person in the stable.
stall plate n. = garter-plate n. at garter n. Compounds (and cf. quot. 1522 at stallation n.); also, a similar plate bearing the arms of a knight of another Order.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > stall-plate
stall plate1842
1842 N. H. Nicholas Hist. Order of Bath 206 A copy of the Inscriptions on some of the Stall Plates of Knights of the Bath, will be found in the appendix.
1855 Franks in Archaeologia 36 214 The Stall-plate of Sir William Parr.
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xiii. 129 The Stall-Plates of the Garter are amongst the most interesting..of Historical records.
1980 J. Brooke-little Royal Ceremonies of State vii. 102/2 Henry VII's magnificent chapel at the East end of Westminster Abbey..makes a splendid setting for the installation of Knights Grand Cross who, like Garter Knights display banners and have stall plates.
stall-reader n. one who peruses the books on a bookstall.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > other types of reader
running reader1588
stall-reader1673
wall-observer1673
reading machine1809
readeress1830
lay reader1883
1673 J. Milton Sonnets xi, in Poems (new ed.) 56 A Book..was writ of late call'd Tetrachordon;..Cries the stall-reader, bless us! what a word on A title page is this!
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xli. 68 Regarding her as a stall-reader regards the brilliant book he cannot afford to buy.
stall seat n. a seat in the stalls of a theatre.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] > seat or place > types of seat
pigeonhole1732
box seat1779
stall1828
orchestra seat1843
orchestra stall1849
fauteuil1859
sofa stall1862
stall seat1920
house seat1927
riser1945
1920 Daily Mail 17 Sept. 4/5 Before the war approximately 90 per cent. of the occupants of stall seats in a West End theatre of any repute were in evening dress.
1925 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 46/1 The stall-seats gave you the artist's measure.
stall shower n. a shower-bath enclosed in a cubicle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > shower-bath > apparatus
shower bath1778
shower1820
showerhead1865
shower curtain1904
shower unit1908
stall shower1939
1939 R. Chandler in Dime Detective Mag. Aug. 65/1 A glass stall shower, monogrammed towels on a rack.
1978 S. Sheldon Bloodline xvii. 202 She walked through a tiled bathroom that included a marble bathtub and a stall shower.
stall turn n. Aeronautics a turn achieved by stalling one wing of an aircraft, causing increased drag on that wing and reduction of the radius of the turn.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > turn
Immelmann turn1917
Immelmann1918
flat turn1934
stall turn1942
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 30 How insecure the safety belt seemed when called upon to do stall turns in the back seat of a Hart.
1952 A. Y. Bramble Air-plane Flight 205 The ‘stall turn’ is a useful manœuvre for changing to a reciprocal course (heading altered through 180°) in less time and space than by normal turning.
stall-turn v. (intransitive) .
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > turn
Immelmann1934
stall-turn1948
1948 Times 9 Feb. 2/3 The aircraft..climbed steeply, stall-turned, and..burst into flames.
stall vicar n. ? a resident canon who also performed parochial duties, as distinguished from a parochial vicar.
ΚΠ
1898 A. F. Leach Beverley Act Bk. I. Chapter Act Book 77 Though the parish was very large and many places in it very far off no regular vicarages had been instituted..; though stall Vicars could not properly attend to them.
stall-wages n. the payment due by a canon to the vicar who took charge of his parish during his term of residence.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > to vicar > by canon
stall-wages1868
1868 M. E. C. Walcott Sacred Archæol. 330 At Hereford, where the Miserere was always sung after the investiture [of a canon]; and a bond to pay stall-wages to his vicar was signed.
stall-whimper n. slang (see quot. 1676).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > illegitimate child
avetrolc1300
bastardc1330
misbegetc1330
whoresonc1330
horcop14..
get?a1513
misbegotten1546
misbegot1558
mamzer1562
base1571
bantling1593
by-blow1595
by-chopa1637
by-scape1646
by-slipa1670
illegitimate1673
stall-whimper1676
love brata1700
slink1702
child, son of shame1723
babe of love1728
adulterine1730
come-by-chance?1750
byspel1781
love-child1805
come-o'-will1815
chance-child1838
chance-bairn1863
side-slip1872
fly-blow1875
catch colt1901
illegit1913
outside child1930
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Stall-whimper, a bastard.
stall-work n. (a) the construction of choir stalls; (b) the working of coal in stalls.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > building or repair of churches > of choir-stalls
stall-work1811
society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > for coal > types of
footrill1686
post and stall1793
long way1795
stall-work1811
long-wall1820
pitchwork1858
stoop-and-room1881
stonework1883
strait work1883
stumping1883
1811 J. Milner Eccl. Archit. Eng. Pref. 16 An..arcade of the most elegant stall-work.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 237 Stall work.
1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. I. 521 No attempt was made to complete the stall-work until the reign of Charles I.

Draft additions December 2003

British. figurative. to set out one's stall (also one's stall out): to put on an impressive display; to determine to do something; to demonstrate what one is capable of; (Sport, originally Cricket) to (determine to) perform resolutely, esp. in defending.
ΚΠ
1958 Times 11 Dec. 14/1 The Australian tactics were soon apparent, with Burke setting his stall out and McDonald losing no opportunity to score.
1961 Times 7 Nov. 13/5 It has never ‘set out its stall’ to attract either the employer or the worker.
1981 G. Boycott In Fast Lane iii. 16 On a pitch of normal Test-match quality we must set our stall out to bat for at least a day and a half and make 300 to 350 in the process.
1992 Independent 17 Apr. 20/4 The way forward now for Labour is not through pacts with the Liberal Democrats, proportional representation or other electoral gimmicks. We have to set out our stall and win the arguments.
2000 Clay Shooting Jan. 38/2 He set out his stall with a first day 99 and let the rest of the field try to catch him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stalln.2

Brit. /stɔːl/, U.S. /stɔl/, /stɑl/
Forms: Also 1500s staul(e, 1600s stal.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman estal, variant of estale : see stale n.3
†1. A decoy-bird. Chiefly figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > fowling equipment > [noun] > decoy bird
stalec1440
stall?a1500
chanterelle1601
staling1601
gig1621
fetcha1640
call bird1686
caller1725
stool1825
playbird1878
brace-bird1885
jacky-bird1897
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]
neteOE
angleOE
grinc1000
trapc1175
caltropa1300
lacec1330
girnc1375
espyc1380
webc1400
hook1430
settingc1430
lure1463
stall?a1500
stalea1529
toil1548
intrap1550
hose-net1554
gudgeon1577
mousetrap1577
trapfall1596
ensnarementa1617
decoy1655
cobweba1657
trepan1665
snap1844
deadfall1860
Judas1907
tanglefoot1908
catch-221963
trip-wire1971
?a1500 Chester Pl. 102 (MSS. B.W.h) Send forth women of thie countrye, namely those that beautifull be, and to thie Enemyes lett them draw nye, as stalles to stand them before.
1577 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies (1579) 8 b They seduce some goodly and zealous men.., placing them at the porch of their Synagogue,..to stand there as baites and stalles to deceiue others.
1584 R. Greene Gwydonius f. 31 Did I disdaine to looke at the lure, and shall I now stoope without stall.
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. F2 Sitting or standing at the doore [of a whore house] like a staule, to allure or draw in wanton passengers.
2. A pickpocket's helper who distracts the attention of the victim whose pocket is being rifled; also the action or an act of stalling (see stall v.2 1).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket > assistant or accomplice
stall1591
Adam Tiler1665
bulk1673
bulker1673
staller (up)1819
stickman1862
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. C4 They see him drawe his purse, then spying in what place he puts it vppe, the stall or the shadowe beeing with the Foist or Nip, meets the man at some straight turne & iustles him.
1607 T. Dekker & G. Wilkins Iests to make you Merie sig. F3v The stall, he gets before you, and there he rings himselfe too & fro, while the foyst dooing as much behind, they both disquiet you, & the one picks your pocket.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 212 Stall, a violent pressure in a crowd, made by pickpockets.
1881 Daily Tel. 30 Dec. I saw a woman..put her purse in her gown pocket, so I..said to my pal, ‘Chuck me a stall, and I'll have that.’
1881 Daily Tel. 30 Dec. They go out with the clever ones, and do the ‘stall’ business for them.
3. slang. A pretext or something used as a pretext for thieving or imposition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive > specious motive or pretext
coloura1393
coverturec1440
pretexta1535
pretencea1538
stalking-horse1579
stale1580
face1647
stooping-horse1659
stall1851
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 254/1 One of the lads..induced a woman to let him have a halfpenny for a ‘stall’; that is, as a pretext with which to enter a shop for the purpose of stealing.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xli Well, but how did they know it was true?.. It might have been only a stall.
4.
a. stall off: an act of stalling off (see stall v.2 2); an evasive story or trick. slang. More recently, without off.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > delaying tactics
ambage1546
stall off1819
delaying tactic1867
waiting race1868
waiting game1890
foot-dragging1947
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > instance of
evasionc1425
subterfuge1563
elusion1608
firk1611
subterfugy1637
stall off1819
get-off1824
stall1945
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge > in order to put off
doff1606
stall off1819
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 212 Stall off,.. generally it means a pretence, excuse, or prevarication—as a person..entering into some plausible story, to excuse himself, his hearers or accusers would say, O yes, that's a good stall off.
1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 41 They are never at a loss for a stall.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 424/1 Women [fortune-tellers] who go about with a basket and a bit of driss (lace) in it, gammy lace, for a stall-off (a blind), in case they meet the master.
1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xvii. 156 If it was a stall, dont common sense tell you I'd have invented a better one?
1939 E. S. Gardner D.A. draws Circle (1940) vii. 98 ‘Sometimes when he'd be working, I'd take meals up to him. I think that was just a stall.’ ‘You mean the meals were for someone else?’ ‘Yes.’
b. An act of stalling (for time) or prevarication. Cf. stall v.2 3a. colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > instance of
evasionc1425
subterfuge1563
elusion1608
firk1611
subterfugy1637
stall off1819
get-off1824
stall1945
1945 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Nov. 1/1 The 200 delegates termed the company reply ‘a stall pure and simple’.
1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) iv. 49 It was a very good stall, if you know Edgar... So he left the whole matter in abeyance.
1977 D. E. Westlake Nobody's Perfect (1978) 141 It'll take me a while to get the cash together... This isn't a stall... I do have the money.
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† stalln.3

Etymology: Perhaps a dialectal variant of stavel, staddle n.Compare Scots stale , stail , bottom of a stack (see Eng. Dial. Dict.), which is probably < Old Norse stál (Norwegian staal ) inside of a stack (? ultimately cognate with staddle n.).
dialect. Obsolete.
(See quot. 1688.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick > part of
staddle?a1500
boll-roakinga1642
hood1658
stall1688
well1710
staddle1743
hood-sheaf1799
tipple1799
hooding-sheaf1802
hooder1807
hackle1842
hay-hut1903
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 72/2 Terms used by the Mower and Haymaker... Raking the Bottom Stalls, is to Rake up all the scattered Hay about the Cocks, and cast it thereon.
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stalln.4

Brit. /stɔːl/, U.S. /stɔl/, /stɑl/
Forms: α. northern and Scottish1500s, 1800s stale, 1800s staill; β. 1500s–1700s stall, 1500s–1600s stal.
Etymology: Probably related to staddle n.
A hive of bees; a ‘stock’ of bees in or for a hive; also, a beehive. (Cf. staller n.3)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive
hivec725
beehivec1325
ruche1494
skep1494
stall1505
butt1532
pyche1570
bee-stall1572
hive-cot1582
alveary1623
bee-skepa1634
bee-house1675
staller1712
stand1740
bee-gum1817
bink1824
bee-palace1845
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > swarm of bees > hived swarm
bikea1400
hivec1430
stall1505
α.
1505 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 159 Item, to the gardinar of Linlithgw to by viij stales of beis, viij Franch crounis.
1588 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 312 iij wynter stales of bees, and the planck, 12s and empty hyves 4d.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Stale Staill, or adj. staill skep of bees, S. denominated perhaps as being the principal skep, or mother-hive.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 94 A bee-man lang the chiel had been, Keep'd mony a winter stale.
β. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. ii. sig. Aviiv For if..the bees may issue out of theyr stalles without peryll of raine..in the mornyng erely he callethe them.1531 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 139 A stall of beyes.1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie iii. sig. C6v Moue them not without vrgent occasion: for often lifting vp the hiue..doth discourage the stall.1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 180 On or at the North-west side of the Physick~garden..is built a Bee-house to contain 200 Stals, Stools, or Hives of Bees.1743 Wesley in Wks. (1872) XIII. 179 They destroyed five stalls of bees.
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† stalladj.

Etymology: cognate with stall n.1
Obsolete. rare.
Stubborn, resolute.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective]
stallc1275
unflichinga1340
adviseda1393
affirmed1440
constant1481
resolved1518
resolute1522
well-settled?1532
ratified1533
unbashed1536
bent1548
well-resolved1565
unabashed1571
determinate1587
undaunted1587
peremptory1589
confirmed1594
decretal1608
pight1608
intent1610
definitivea1616
unshrinkinga1616
naylessa1618
pitched1642
decisive1658
martyrly1659
certain1667
fell1667
decretory1674
martyrial1678
decretorian1679
invariable1696
unflinching1728
hell-bent1731
decided1767
determined1773
iron-headed1787
adamantine1788
unwincing1802
stick-at-nothing1805
adamant1816
hard-set1818
rock-like1833
bound1844
do-or-die1851
unbased1860
focused1888
capable de tout1899
purposive1903
go-for-broke1946
hard rock1947
take-no-shit1992
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective]
starkOE
moodyOE
stithc1000
stidyc1175
stallc1275
harda1382
stubbornc1386
obstinate?1387
throa1400
hard nolleda1425
obstinant?a1425
pertinacec1425
stablec1440
dour1488
unresigned1497
difficultc1503
hard-necked1530
pertinatec1534
obstacle1535
stout-stomached1549
hard-faced1567
stunt1581
hard-headed1583
pertinacious1583
stuntly1583
peremptory1589
stomachous1590
mulish1600
stomachful1600
obstined1606
restive1633
obstinacious1649
opinionated1649
tenacious1656
iron-sided1659
sturdy1664
cat-witted1672
obstinated1672
unyielding1677
ruggish1688
bullet-headed1699
tough1780
pelsy1785
stupid1788
hard-set1818
thick and thin1822
stuntya1825
rigwiddie1826
indomitable1830
recalcitrant1830
set1848
mule-headed1870
muley1871
capitose1881
hard-nosed1917
tight1928
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5218 Heo nomen here uerden. & comen to stal-fehte [c1300 Otho fihte].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2067 Ich wulle mine rihte faren to stal-fehte. to-ȝene þene swerd broþeren.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 922 Mid stocken & mid stanen stal-feht [c1300 Otho strang fiht] heo makeden.
c1400 Destr. Troy 9789 Noght stird hym þo stith in his stalle hert.
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stallv.1

Brit. /stɔːl/, U.S. /stɔl/, /stɑl/
Forms: Middle English–1500s stal, (Middle English stol), Middle English–1500s stalle, 1500s–1600s stawl(e, staule, Middle English– stall.
Etymology: Several distinct formations appear to have coalesced. The verb partly represents a Middle English adoption of Old French estaller , estaler (see stale v.1), ultimately < Germanic *stallo- stall n.1, and partly an English formation on stall n.1 It is probable also that in some uses it was a back-formation from Middle English i-stald , past participle of stellen to place (see stell v.), Old English stęllan , < Germanic *stallo- stall n.1, and in others a shortening of install v.1 and forestall v. (Old English had forþsteallian intransitive, to take place, but the simple verb is not recorded).
I. To place.
1. intransitive. To have one's abode, dwell. Obsolete exc. dialect in to stall with, to tolerate the presence of (another), to get on with.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)]
wonc725
erdec893
siteOE
liveeOE
to make one's woningc960
through-wonOE
bigc1175
walkc1225
inwonea1300
lenda1300
lenga1300
lingera1300
erthec1300
stallc1315
lasta1325
lodge1362
habit?a1366
breeda1375
inhabitc1374
indwella1382
to have one's mansionc1385
to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400
keepc1400
repairc1400
to have (also hold, keep, make) one's residencec1405
to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425
winc1425
to make (one's) residence1433
resort1453
abidec1475
use1488
remaina1500
demur1523
to keep one's house1523
occupy1523
reside1523
enerdc1540
kennel1552
bower1596
to have (also hold, keep, make) residence1597
subsist1618
mansiona1638
tenant1650
fastena1657
hospitate1681
wont1692
stay1754
to hang out1811
home1832
habitate1866
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > get on (well)
gree?a1513
to get in with1602
cotton1605
to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together1617
to hit it1634
gee1685
to set horses together1685
to be made for each other (also one another)1751
to hit it off1780
to get ona1805
to hitch horses together1835
niggle1837
to step together1866
to speak (also talk) someone's (also the same) language1893
to stall with1897
cog1926
groove1935
click1954
vibe1986
c1315 Shoreham Poems iii. 30 Þat hys þe blysse of heuene aboue, Þar holy soulen stalleþ.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. i. 39 Caesar Oh Anthony..I must perforce Haue shewne to thee such a declining day, Or looke on thine: we could not stall together, In the whole world.
1897 J. Gordon Village & Doctor [iv.] 138 Varney wondered whether the pious farmer was after the mother or daughter. ‘Depend on it,’ he said to me one day, ‘it is the young 'un; 'e never could stall with the old cat.’
2. transitive. To assign a particular place to (a person or thing); to place.
ΘΠ
the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > place in assigned position
set971
stall1415
stell1488
fix1569
statea1590
stationize1598
post1609
station1685
plant1693
stance17..
possie1918
1415 T. Hoccleve Henry V & Knights Garter 32 Dooth so and god in glorie shal yow stalle.
1423 Kingis Quair 170 [Thow that] has all thing within thy hert[e] stallit, That may thy ȝouth oppressen or defade.
c1470 J. Lydgate Order of Fools 116 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 83 Who..lowde lawghys whan he dothe morne, Amonge foles of riȝt he may be stallyd.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) Prol. 2 But thystorye of the sayd Arthur is so gloryous and shynyng, that he is stalled in the fyrst place of the moost noble, beste and worthyest of the cristen men.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 259 Shall I neuer ete bred To that he be stald In the stokys.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. iv. 124 The mekle houk hym bayr was Tryton callit; For in hir foirstam was the monstre stallit.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. T j Now hie in heauen he sitts, and on the golden starrs is stalde.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. R.jv All her sisters out she calles, Infernall hideous haggs, and to their turmentes them she stalles.
1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande ii. sig. Fjv In highest place of all: The Cheeftaine then this traitrous knaue, like honest man doeth stall.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 134 To Dudon..A Sepulchre of Cipresse sweete they stall, Their Barricados neere.
†3. To fix, appoint beforehand. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint
asetc885
teachc897
deemc900
ashapea1000
i-demeOE
setc1000
shiftc1000
stevenOE
redeOE
willOE
lookc1175
showc1175
stablea1300
devise1303
terminea1325
shapec1330
stightlea1375
determinec1384
judgea1387
sign1389
assize1393
statute1397
commanda1400
decree1399
yarka1400
writec1405
decreetc1425
rule1447
stallc1460
constitute1481
assignc1485
institute1485
prescribec1487
constitue1489
destinate1490
to lay down1493
make?a1513
call1523
plant1529
allot1532
stint1533
determ1535
appointa1538
destinec1540
prescrive1552
lot1560
fore-appoint1561
nominate1564
to set down1576
refer1590
sort1592
doom1594
fit1600
dictate1606
determinate1636
inordera1641
state1647
fix1660
direct1816
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2610 For hir lawis been so streyt, & peynous ordinaunce Is stallid [but perh. read stablid] for hir falshede.
1547 S. Gardiner Let. 6 June in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 739/1 I know your grace cannot staye these matters so sodenly, and I esteme it a great matter that thinges be stauld hetherto thus.
c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Aii As I romyd me in the churche of Paules..lookynge for certayne my companions, that hither might haue stalled a meting.
†4. To agree to the payment of (a debt) by instalments; to fix (days) for payment by instalments. Cf. estall v. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay by instalment
stall1491
install1679
1491 in P. Studer Oak Bk. Southampton (1910) I. 153 That..no Meire, ne Auditours shall stall' no dayes with no persone, withoute graunte of comune Assemble.
1525 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 462 (margin) They be also sufficiently instructed, howe they shal ordre themself for stalling of days for part of the money due by thEmperour.
1558–9 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 484 The somme of sixe score eight pounds, eleven shillings, seven pence, stallid as a debt to this citte.
1585–6 Earl of Leicester Corr. (Camden) 45 Hir majesty refuseth ether to pardon hym..or to stall his dett.
a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 107 And the residue of his debts..were stalled to bee payd by this lord at fower-score pounds a yeare.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 128 He petition'd, that His Majesty would stall his Fine, and take it up as his Estate would bear it, by a Thousand Pounds a year.
figurative.1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1245 And his false counsellor..[he chose] To damne to death, or dole perpetuall, From whence he neuer should be quit, nor stal'd.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 202 Thou canst never promise thy selfe to sin..thriftily..and stall the fine, for thy soule, that is the price, is indivisible, and perishes entirely, and eternally at one payment.
†5. to stall forth, to stall out: to display or expose to view. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > show to the sight [verb (transitive)]
to set beforea1000
openOE
showlOE
to put forth?c1225
kithe1297
to make (a) showing ofc1330
presenta1398
representa1398
to lay forthc1420
splayc1440
discovera1450
advisea1500
to set to (the) show?1510
to stall out1547
outlay1555
exhibit1573
strew1579
wray1587
displaya1616
ostentate1630
elevate1637
re-exhibita1648
expound1651
unveil1657
subject1720
flare1862
skin1873
patent1889
showcase1939
1547 Bk. Merchauntes c v b They go fro town to town..to make their mustres and stall theyr marchandise.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Estaler, to stalle out, or shew wares.
1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 101 Desirous (as it were) to stall foorth her treasures.
†6. To strengthen, stablish. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > from falling, change, or overthrow
assurea1513
stallc1540
secure1710
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5186 We mightily to Messam our men send, To fecche vs som fode..And abundantly broght with buernes betwene For to stall our astate and our strenght hold.
II. To place in a ‘stall’.
†7.
a. To induct formally into a seat of rule or dignity; to enthrone (a king, a bishop, etc.); spec. to induct (a canon, a knight of the Garter or Bath) into his ‘stall’. Hence, to place in a high office or dignity. = install v.1 1. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > admit to office formally or ceremonially
stallc1384
invest1489
induct1548
install1548
inaugur1549
endue1565
investure1566
intitule1576
entitle1587
inaugurate1606
inaugurize1611
complete1650
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1364 But al on hye, above a dees, Sitte in a see imperial,..Y saugh perpetually y-stalled A femynyne creature.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 183 He was i-stalled at Lyncoln by þe arche~decon.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1334 Bot þenne þe bolde Baltazar, þat was his barn aldest, He was stalled in his stud, & stabled þe rengne.
c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 253 For this is she that is stallyd And the quene of kynde called.
c1440 Brut 466 Sir Robert Fitzhugh was stalled Bisshop of London in the see of Seint Paules.
1522 Statutes Order of Garter xiii, in E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter (1672) App. sig. g2/2 And that all such straungers..shall sende..a sufficient Deputie..to be stalled in his place.
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 66 They had a specyall commyssion to creat & stalle the kynges matie in the Royall order of ffraunce.
1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 473 He..that being a wretched sinfull man, hath stalled himselfe in the place of God.
a1591 H. Smith 6 Serm. (1625) 91 When one stalleth vp another into Moses chaire, not hauing Moses Rod, nor Moses Spirit.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 203 Long maiest thou liue..And see another as I see thee now Deckt in thy rights, as thou art stald in mine. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 189 Where Kings were stall'd, disthron'd.., and crown'd.
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. iii. 40* This favour is done and shewed to them which may not well come in their proper persons that they might be stalled by attourneys.
†b. Cant. esp. in to stall (a beggar) to the rogue.
ΚΠ
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) sig. Biiii And if he mete anye begger..he wyll demaunde of him whether euer he was stalled to the roge or no. If he saye he was, he wyll knowe..his name that stalled hym.
1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. F4 He ordered, that euery one..taking vpon him the occupation of begging, shal be stauled to the order of rogues.
a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll4/1 Higgen [a beggar]. I..stall thee by the salmon into the clowes, To mand on the pad.
8.
a. To put (an animal) in a stall; to keep or confine in a stall, esp. for fattening; also to stall to (a particular kind of food), to stall up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > place in house, stall, etc.
stall1390
to take up1482
to put up1607
cote1630
shed1850
lair1890
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
frankc1440
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
adipate1623
saginate1623
batten1638
to stall to1764
tallow1765
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
force1847
to feed off1852
steam1947
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
forcea1571
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
saginate1623
to stall to1764
tallow1765
stall-feed1766
graze1787
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
to feed off1852
steam1947
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 124 A Monthe, which..The Plowed Oxe in wynter stalleth; And fyr into the halle he bringeth.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 219 I wald at Ȝoull be housit and stald.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 732/1 I stall an ox to fede him fatte, je mets en estal.
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 5 The flesh of wild Beasts..is not so soone puft vp & fattened, as those Beasts that commonly are stald and foddered.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 205 So farre from..stalling the Oxe and Lyon together.
1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 7 As to oxen, we have them to the full as good, when stalled to turneps, carrots, etc. as if they were fed in the finest fatting grounds.
1838 W. L. Rham Outl. Flemish Husbandry xiii. 62 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III An ox kept stalled up for six or eight months and well fed, will double his original weight.
1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 i. 89 I much prefer penning to stalling the sheep.
1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 79 On the other hand, can you stall the wild ass of the desert?
figurative and in extended use.1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Hjv Younge men stalled to be made fatte.1581 R. Mulcaster Positions vi. 42 Olde Asclepiades is by Galene confuted, and stawled for an asse.a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 121 Praie you leaue mee, stall this in your bosome, and I thanke you for your honest care. View more context for this quotation1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 204 I saw the sun-god stall his flaming steeds In customary splendour.
b. intransitive. Of cattle: To be lodged in stalls.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (intransitive)] > be in stable or stall
stable1508
stall1805
1805–6 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xxv. 28 He [Cacus]..here must tread A different journey, for his fraudful theft Of the great herd that near him stall'd.
III. To come or bring to a stand.
9. intransitive.
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†a. Of a beast of the chase: To come to a stand. Obsolete.
†b. Of an army: To take up a position for combat. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (intransitive)] > take up position
liec1275
stalla1425
sleeve1598
to draw up1642
to take post1659
concentrate1813
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxvi Sometyme an herte wille stalle and looke aboute a gret while.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) ii And þen he maketh a ruse in some side and þere he stalleth or squatteth.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 161 And ther thei stalleden and foughten the ton vpon the tother.
?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 60 The boore issued owt of his denne, chaced wt an hound in to the playn, And beyng there, stalled a while gasyng vppon the people.
c. Of a draught animal: To come to a halt because of mud or other impediment.
ΘΠ
the world > animals > domestic animal > [verb (intransitive)] > stall (of draught animal)
stall1807
1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. 172 The last time he passed, his horses stalled, that is, they were for some time unable to drag the wagon through the worst places.
1857 W. Chandless Visit Salt Lake II. vi. 233 His team were none too strong, and twice he ‘stalled’ hopelessly, and had to send to the nearest farm for a yoke of cattle.
d. Of an aircraft or its pilot: to enter a stall.
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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > fly [verb (intransitive)] > stall
stall1915
1915 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 51 I nose-dived, side-slipped, stalled, etc., etc., time after time.
1917 Flying 21 Feb. 136/1 An aeroplane can only reduce its flying speed to a certain minimum, after which it will stall.
1918 War Birds (1927) 218 The Hun stalled up and the observer was shooting down at Springs.
1931 Statesman (Calcutta) 5 Dec. It is claimed that the autogiro cannot ‘stall’, or lose flying-speed.
a1935 R. Loraine in W. Loraine Robert Loraine (1938) vi. 106 The machine leapt higher, so did my heart, higher still—then—puff!—I came to earth, having stalled and crashed.
1958 D. Piggott Gliding vii. 34 The actual speed at which the glider stalls will be raised when the glider is being turned or manœuvred..or if a heavier load is being carried.
1975 L. J. Clancy Aerodynamics v. 98 If a particular wing is such that it stalls too suddenly, it may be necessary to provide some artificial pre-stall warning device.
e. Of an engine or vehicle: to stop suddenly as if of its own accord. Also with the driver or the occupants of the vehicle as subj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop > unintentionally
stall1914
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > stall (of motor vehicle)
stall1914
1914 R. Shackleton & E. Shackleton Four on Tour 204 A few miles beyond Chipping Norton we stalled near the foot of a hill—and found that it was because of an inexcusable forgetting of gasoline!
1923 W. P. Livingstone Galilee Doctor iv. v. 267 The car passed over the first rail, but stalled on the second.
1932 Birmingham Post 17 Dec. 16/2 The men drove off in the van. A few minutes later the engine stalled.
1956 ‘C. Blackstock’ Dewey Death ix. 207 I share..a car with a friend... She once stalled in the middle of Piccadilly Circus.
1973 R. Rosenblum Mushroom Cave (1974) 5 He let go of the throttle string, and the [boat's] motor stalled.
f. To loiter or linger around (also along); to ‘hang about’. U.S. colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf
luskc1330
lubber1530
to play the truant, -s1560
lazea1592
lazy1612
meecha1625
lounge1671
saunter1672
sloungea1682
slive1707
soss1711
lolpoop1722
muzz1758
shack1787
hulkc1793
creolize1802
maroon1808
shackle1809
sidle1828
slinge1834
sossle1837
loaf1838
mike1838
to sit around1844
hawm1847
wanton1847
sozzle1848
mooch1851
slosh1854
bum1857
flane1876
slummock1877
dead-beat1881
to lop about1881
scow1901
scowbank1901
stall1916
doss1937
plotz1941
lig1960
loon1969
1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd i. 5 I've been stalling along and keeping the best of the bucks in the foreground.
1916 ‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd xi. 194 I stalled around out there till my money gave out.
1976 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder (1977) ii. xv. 207 I hoped he might answer sort of friendly..and I've been kind of stalling around.
g. transferred and figurative.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > stop short in some activity
to break offc1340
persist1563
check1635
to stop short1727
to pull in1780
jib1812
stall1923
1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean ii. 22 When things happened too fast, his mind stalled on a dead center.
1953 N. Tinbergen Herring Gull's World i. 1 It stalls, makes a sharp turn and dives down.
1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xvi. 199 I immediately noticed the lack of oxygen; once again my progress stalled into a crawl with rests at almost every step.
†10. transitive. To bring (a hunted animal) to a stand. Also transferred. (Cf. forestall v. 1) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (transitive)] > hunt down or bring to bay
stallc1400
to set up1608
to run down1650
to hunt down1711
to tire down1835
to stick up1850
bail1872
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 188 I dred..Lest ho me eschaped þat I þer chos, Er I at steuen hir moȝt stalle.
1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. D When as thine eye hath chose the Dame, And stalde the deare that thou shouldst strike.
11.
†a. To bring to a standstill, render unable to proceed. literal and figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse
checkmatea1400
stalec1470
set1577
stallc1591
embog1602
nonplus1605
stalemate1765
stump1807
pound1827
to stick up1853
snooker1889
stymie1902
biff1915
dead-end1921
c1591 Epit. Sidney 2 in R.S. Phœnix Nest (1593) 10 Stald are my thoughts, which lou'd, and lost, the wonder of our age.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes If I, who many yeeres haue made profession of this toong,..in many wordes haue beene so stal'd, and stabled, as such sticking made me blushinglie confesse my ignorance [etc.].
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iii. i. 345 [Silius stabs himself.] Tib. We are not pleasd, in this sad accident, That thus hath stalled, and abusd our mercy. View more context for this quotation
1650 T. May Old Couple (1658) iii. 24 The time will be too short To get a pardon, specially as I Have lay'd some friends to stall it underhand.
1656 R. Baxter Reformed Pastor viii. 465 See that you preach to such auditors as these, some higher points, that stall their understandings, and feel them not all with milk, but sometime with stronger meat.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. v. 98 And he that is stalled with the question, ‘Can a Sinner leave his Sin, and love Goodness?’ would easily answer, [sc. if he understood the question to mean] ‘Whether he be willing to do it? Yea.’
b. esp. in passive. To become stuck (in mud, mire, a snowdrift, etc.). Now only U.S. or dialect. Also figurative (chiefly U.S.), of an assembly, plan, etc.: to be hindered or held up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > be rendered immobile [verb (passive)] > be stuck in mud, bog, or sand
stalla1500
gravel1582
swamp1790
mud1854
stog1855
stodge1873
quicksand1875
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (intransitive)] > be hindered
steek?a1400
clog1633
stall1910
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [verb (passive)] > to be brought to a stop or pause
stall1910
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 46 1 Filius. Thise floodys are gone, Fader, behold!.. 3 Filius. As still as a stone Oure ship is stold.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. ii. 291 Like him in Æsope, that when his cart was stalled, lay flat on his backe and cryed aloud helpe Hercules.
1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 443 To be stalled, to be set fast in a slough, or bad road.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel xliv He knew no troubles waggoners have known, Of getting stall'd, and such disasters drear.
1864 J. R. Lowell McClellan's Rep. in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 100 He plunged into that Dismal Swamp of constitutional hermeneutics, in which the wheels of government were stalled at the outbreak of our rebellion.
1890 H. C. Bunner Short Sixes (1891) 35 Most of the reformers were stalled in railroad trains [after a blizzard].
1897 H. Porter Campaigning with Grant x. 164 A teamster whose waggon was stalled in a place where it was somewhat swampy.
1910 Outlook 2 July 473 Congress would have been stalled in its efforts to prepare certain legislation without their aid.
1953 Times 31 Oct. 3/6 General Thimayya said that ‘explanations’, which have been stalled for the past fortnight, were to be resumed to-morrow.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard v. 143 Both their requests to make phone calls were stalled.
1978 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. a 8/3 The seventh session of the..conference was stalled at its beginning here today over the question of who would preside.
c. Mechanics. To cause (an aircraft, vehicle, engine, etc.) to stall.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > render mechanical [verb (transitive)] > operate machine > cause to stall
stall1904
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > stall
stall1904
1904 W. Wright in M. McFarland Papers Wilbur & Orville Wright (1953) I. 442 He allowed the machine to turn up a little too much and it stalled it.
1913 Aeroplane 17 Apr. 453/2 Labouret..‘stalled’ the machine, fell over sideways, and smashed the wings.
1914 G. Hamel & C. C. Turner Flying x. 198 He permitted the machine to lose speed until it had become what is known as ‘stalled’,—that momentary pause before the machine turns over on its side or nose and falls.
1915 W. E. Dommett Aeroplanes & Airships 56 If in trying to make a machine climb the elevators are turned so far over that the engine power is not enough for the purpose, the machine loses way and slips tail first down. The machine is said to be ‘stalled’.
1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks 28 That's likely to cause a green pilot to stall the Aeroplane.
1918 Brokaw & Starr Putnam's Automobile Handbk. xxv. 167 Stalling the motor is the result of feeding too little gas with the accelerator.
1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 21/2 The wing in passing through this [sc. the critical] angle is said to be ‘stalled’... After stalling it is no longer possible to increase the lift by depressing the tail of the aeroplane and it is necessary to dive in order to recover flying speed.
1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel iv. 266 He had to get out to crank the car as he had stalled the motor.
1947 F. S. Hollidge Driving Test Fully Explained iii. 10 A timely change down will often prevent ‘stalling’ the engine.
c1965 A. Christie Autobiogr. (1977) vii. ii. 332 I stalled the engine once or twice..and I was rather chary about passing things.
1973 Daily Tel. 11 July 2/5 There was no structural failure in the Russian TU-144 supersonic airliner until after the pilot had stalled it.
12.
a. To take away (a person's) appetite; to satiate, surfeit with, of. Now dialect and Scottish.Probably sometimes associated with sense 8; cf. the definition ‘Stall, to over-feed, to make fat, to stuff, etc.’ (Dyche & Pardon, 1735).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (transitive)] > feed (oneself) to excess
over-quatc1275
glutc1315
fill1340
stuffa1400
aglutc1400
agroten1440
grotenc1440
ingrotenc1440
sorporrc1440
replenisha1450
pegc1450
quatc1450
overgorgea1475
gorge1486
burst1530
cloy1530
saturate1538
enfarce1543
mast?1550
engluta1568
gull1582
ingurgitate1583
stall1583
forage1593
paunch1597
upbray1598
upbraid1599
surfeitc1600
surcharge1603
gormandize1604
overfeed1609
farcinate1634
repletiate1638
stodge1854
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Mj v Sith..you were stauled with yester dayes Disputation, I will prescribe you certaine Inductions to be performed at the Vniuersitie.
1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 139 I can never be stalled with that delight.
1786 R. Burns To Haggis in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 311 Is there that owre his French ragout, Or olio that wad staw a sow.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 20 Which of them would sit six hours on a wet hill side to hear a godly sermon? I trow an hour o't wad staw them.
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. at Stalled Aint you fairly stalled of waiting?
b. To cause aversion in, cause to turn away; also with off. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > affect with loathing or disgust [verb (transitive)]
uga1250
wlatec1400
irka1535
loathe1568
nauseate1626
stall1642
inodiate1657
stale1709
repel1748
repugn?a1760
sicken1825
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. vii. 74 Mathematicks he moderately studieth to his great contentment. Using it as ballast for his soul, yet to fix it not to stall it.
1856 C. Dickens Let. 13 July (1995) VIII. 161 It conveys..an idea of incompleteness..and is likely to stall some readers off.
1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 308 Stall, to frighten or discourage.
c. To weary or tire; to fatigue. Usually in passive. Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > be or become weary or exhausted [verb (passive)]
bewearya1610
to beat out1780
out-and-out1813
stall1816
jigger1862
to bugger up1891
wapper1898
1816 , etc. in Eng. Dial. Dict. at Stall v. 19.
1948 I. J. C. Brown No Idle Words 108 Stalled, applied to depressed human beings, is a good old usage. ‘You look stalled’ is Yorkshire for ‘You look dull’.
1967 J. Wainwright Talent for Murder 133 He was..cold, wet and fed-up—to use his own expression (as a Yorkshireman) he was ‘stalled’.
†13. = forestall v. 2b. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade in (goods) illegally or immorally [verb (transitive)] > buy up (goods) for resale or monopoly > buy up to prevent sales at (market)
forestall1362
stall1474
engross1872
1474 Coventry Leet Bk. 401 That no maner of man nor woman schall not stalle nor Regrate no markett.
IV. To furnish with stalls.
14. To furnish (a choir, chancel) with stalls as seats.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with clergy's seats
stall1516
1516 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 243 The Qwyer..shall be double staulled.
1857 Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. 15 490 The chancel is stalled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stallv.2

Brit. /stɔːl/, U.S. /stɔl/, /stɑl/
Etymology: < stall n.2 Compare stale v.5
slang.
1.
a. transitive. To screen (a pickpocket or his operations) from observation; also with off. Also, to close up or surround and hustle (a person who is to be robbed).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > pick pockets [verb (transitive)] > distract from or screen pickpocket
stall1592
to give (a person) gammon1717
cover1819
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. Bv I either nip or foyst, or els staule an other while hee hath stroken, dispatcht and gone.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) Stall off, I wish you'd stall me off from that crib,..meaning, walk in such a way as to cover or obscure me from notice.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. at Stall up To stall a person up, (a term used by pickpockets) is to surround him..and by violence force his arms up, and keep them in that position while others of the gang rifle his pockets at pleasure.
b. intransitive. To screen a pickpocket's operation; to act as a look-out during a robbery or burglary.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > pick pockets [verb (intransitive)] > act as distraction
stall1839
roust1904
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (intransitive)] > act as lookout
stall1839
1839 in ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue (1857) 34 To stall, to screen a robbery while it is being perpetrated.
1882 Sydney Slang Dict. 9/2 I pinched a swell of a fawney and fenced it for a double finnip and a cooter. My jomer stalled.
1926 J. Black You can't Win xxi. 338 Coppers located ‘work’ for burglars and stalled for them while they worked.
2. to stall off.
a. To get rid of by evasive tactics, a trick, plausible tale or the like; also, in sporting parlance, to keep the upper hand of (a competitor).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > treat with evasion
to put by1618
to put off1630
stave1646
parry1687
to pass off1811
to stall off1819
to stand off1871
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > evade by cunning
to stall off1819
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently
put1603
to bob off1605
to put off1612
impose1650
palm1679
sham1681
cog1721
slur1749
pawn1763
to play off1768
to pass off1799
to work off1813
to stall off1819
to fob off1894
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) To avoid or escape any impending evil or punishment by means of artifice, submission, bribe, or otherwise, is also called stalling it off.
1821 Sporting Mag. 8 151 The hardy mountaineer would not be stalled off.
1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon III. viii. 157 [He] did his best..to..stall off the awful truth with discreet shrugs and simpers.
1883 Daily News 12 Sept. 6/1 To-day she ran very fast, but could not stall off the challenge by Florence, who won very easily at last.
1905 Athenæum 7 Oct. 464/2 His very preface should have stalled off denunciations of this kind.
b. To get off or extricate (a person) by artifice.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > by artifice
to stall off1819
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > treat cunningly [verb (transitive)] > extricate (a person) by cunning
to stall off1819
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) To extricate a person from any dilemma or save him from disgrace, is called stalling him off.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xix. 331 Plant your stumps, Master Guinea Pig; you are going to stall off the Daw's baby in prime twig, eh?
3.
a. transitive. To put (someone) off for the time being. Now usually without adverb.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off
pop1530
to put off1569
to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1591
to shift offc1592
foist1598
to fob off1600
fub1600
to shuffle off1604
doffa1616
jig1633
to trump upa1640
whiffle1654
to fool off1664
sham1682
drill1752
to set off1768
to put by1779
jilt1782
palm1822
stall1829
job1872
to give (a person) the go-around1925
1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 345 He would not be ‘stalled off’ by the most knowing of the knowing.
1930 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 26 July 26/1 We might be able to stall them for two or three days with the idea that Tony is in Washington tryin' to fix the rap against them.
1948 A. Hynd Pinkerton Case Bk. 56 He kept stalling the woman off with one excuse or another.
1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) iii. 36 So I stalled him off. I said I couldn't remember meeting anyone at Mac's.
1977 J. Crosby Company of Friends xx. 128 Elaine is in Paris. To bargain some more. It's the only way left to stall him. It's important to stall him.
b. intransitive. To prevaricate; to be evasive. Also, to play for time or temporize. Frequently in U.S. colloquial phrase quit stalling (usually imperative). Originally U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > play for time
temporize1579
to gain time1720
to play for time1883
stall1903
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > be evasive
shift1580
shuffle1602
to shuffle up and down1633
stall1903
1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 23 [If] Big Kennedy shows up to stall ag'inst you, why I should say [etc.].
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August ix. 202 ‘Quit stalling,’ the stranger said. ‘If you croaked the guy, say so.’
1934 D. Runyon in Collier's 24 Nov. 52/2 All she can think of..is to stall for time.
1953 J. Hilton Time & Time Again iii. 220 He was stalling for time.
1959 F. Hobson Death on Back-bench viii. 101 Just quit stalling..and come clean.
1969 Listener 9 Jan. 41/2 Suppose Mr Ransom suddenly seized Miss Gold and flung her down on the office table with a snarl of ‘Quit stalling,’ like one of her favourite film actors.
1980 S. Naipaul Black & White i. iii. 34 For more than a year the Guyanese courts had been stalling on the custody suit his parents had brought.
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