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Definition of Stall

Stall A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall. A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal. A stable; a place for cattle. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale. A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc. The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having To keep close; to keep secret. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. To kennel, as dogs. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast. To be tired of eating, as cattle. Related Definitions: Able, An, And, Animal, Apartment, Are, Arms, As, At, Back, Be, Bench, Benches, Between, Bookstall, Butcher, By, Canopies, Cart, Carving, Cattle, Choir, Church, Clergy, Close, Compartment, Cot, Covering, Customary, Distinguished, Division, Dwell, Eating, Either, Elaborate, Excavation, Exposed, Fast, Fatten, Fed, Finger, Fix, Fixed, For, Forestall, Formalities, Frequently, From, Get, Having, Hence, Horn, Horse, In, Inclosed, Install, Into, Iron, Is, It, Keep, Kennel, Kept, Leather, Left, Live, Merchandise, Mire, Not, Of, Office, Officiating, On, One, Or, Other, Otherwise, Ox, Partially, Partly, Place, Plunge, Post, Put, Rich, Sale, Seat, Secret, See, Set, Sheath, Shed, Small, Snow, So, Sofas, Space, Spot, Stable, Stall, Stand, Station, Stick, Table, The, Theater, Thumb, Tired, To, Under, Very, Where, Which, Wholly, With

Stall Quotations Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. Confucius I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had the hand come under the stall with a paper and pen. That sort of thing anybody can live without. Helen Reddy Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall. Jean Paul We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project. Judith Wright A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food. John Harvey Kellogg

Stall Translations stall in Dutch is box stall in German is Stand, Bude stall in Italian is posizione, stalla stall in Norwegian is stall stall in Spanish is cuadra, establo

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