noun. A ruse or tactic used to mislead or delay.

intransitive verb. To employ delaying tactics against.

intransitive verb. To employ delaying tactics.

noun. A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed.

noun. undefined

noun. A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market.

noun. A small compartment.

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noun. An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church.

noun. A pew in a church.

noun. A seat in the front part of a theater.

noun. A space marked off, as in a garage, for parking a motor vehicle.

noun. A protective sheath for a finger or toe.

noun. The sudden, unintended loss of power or effectiveness in an engine.

noun. A condition in which an aircraft or airfoil experiences an interruption of airflow resulting in loss of lift and a tendency to drop.

intransitive verb. To put or lodge in a stall.

intransitive verb. To maintain in a stall for fattening.

intransitive verb. To halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill.

intransitive verb. To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running.

intransitive verb. To cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall.

intransitive verb. To live or be lodged in a stall. Used of an animal.

intransitive verb. To stick fast in mud or snow.

intransitive verb. To come to a standstill.

intransitive verb. To stop running as a result of mechanical failure.

intransitive verb. To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.

noun. A standing-place; station; position; place; room.

noun. A standing-place for horses or cattle; a stable or cattle-shed; also, a division of a stable, cow-house, or cattle-shed, for the accommodation of one horse or ox; the stand or place in a stable where a horse or an ox is kept and fed: as, the stable contains eight stalls.

noun. A booth, either in the open air or in a building, in which merchandise is exposed for sale, or in which some business or occupation is carried on: as, a butcher's stall.

noun. A bench or table on which things are exposed for sale: as, a book-stall.

noun. A seat or throne; a bench.

noun. One of a range of fixed seats inclosed either wholly or in part at the back and sides, in the choir or chancel of a cathedral or church, and often surmounted by a richly sculptured canopy (see cut in preceding column): mostly appropriated for the clergy: as, a canon's stall; a dean's stall; hence, the position or dignity of canon.

noun. In a theater, originally, a seat separated from others by arms or rails; now, usually, one of the seats in the front division of the parquet (sometimes called orchestra stalls); but the application of the term is variable.

noun. In metallurgy, a chamber or compartment in which ores are roasted. See roast-stall.

noun. A working-place in a coal-mine, varying in size and shape according to the system adopted. Also called chamber, room, breast, etc.

noun. Same as cot, 4.See also finger-stall.

To place; set; fix; install.

To place in an office with the customary formalities; induct into office; install.

To put into or keep in a stall or stable: as, to stall a horse.

To set fast in the mire; cause to stick in the mud; mire: as, to stall horses or a carriage.

To corner; bring to bay; secure.

To forestall.

To fatten; fatten with stall-feeding.

To postpone the payment of; forbear to claim payment for a time; allow to be paid by instalments.

To come to a stand; take up a position.

To live as in a stall; dwell; inhabit.

To stick or be set fast in the mire.

To kennel, as dogs.

To be tired of eating, as cattle.

noun. An ambush.

noun. A stale; a stalking-horse; cover; mark; pretext.

"Got back to the stall at 3pm, totally exhausted from making the fritters, when Fleur had to let me in to the fact that HE had visited the stall… lolz…"

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