[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stall \stall\ staddl, n. oe. stal, as. steall, stall, a
   place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to d.  ohg. stal, g.
    sw. stall, icel. stallr, dan. stald, originally, a standing
   place; akin also to g. stelle a place, stellen to place, gr.
   ste`llein to set, place, send, and e. stand. root163. see
   stand, and cf. apostle, epistle, forestall,
   install, stale, a.  v. i., 1st stalk, stallion,
   still.
   1. a stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or
      place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division
      of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or
      other animal. "in an oxes stall." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a stable; a place for cattle.
      1913 webster

            at last he found a stall where oxen stood. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. a small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed
      for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
      1913 webster

   4. a bench or table on which small articles of merchandise
      are exposed for sale.
      1913 webster

            how peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.
                                                  --gay.
      1913 webster

   5. a seat in the choir of a church, for one of the
      officiating clergy. it is inclosed, either wholly or
      partially, at the back and sides. the stalls are
      frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
      1913 webster

            the dignified clergy, out of humility, have called
            their thrones by the names of stalls. --bp.
                                                  warburton.
      1913 webster

            loud the monks sang in their stalls.  --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   6. in the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly
      inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
      1913 webster

   7. mining the space left by excavation between pillars. see
      post and stall, under post.
      1913 webster

   8. a covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a
      finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are
      exposed for sale.
      1913 webster

            cries the stall reader, "bless us what a word on
            a titlepage is this"                 --milton.
      1913 webster
see also:
stand apostle epistle forestall install stale 
stalk stallion still post and stall post 
stall reader 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stall \stall\, v. t. imp.  p. p. stalled staddld; p. pr.
    vb. n. stalling. cf. sw. stalla, dan. stalde.
   1. to put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or
      stalls; as, to stall an ox.
      1913 webster

            where king latinus then his oxen stalled. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to fatten; as, to stall cattle. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   3. to place in an office with the customary formalities; to
      install. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get
      on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. --burton.
      1913 webster

            his horses had been stalled in the snow. --e. e.
                                                  hale.
      1913 webster

   5. to forestall; to anticipate. obs.
      1913 webster

            this is not to be stall'd by my report. --massinger.
      1913 webster

   6. to keep close; to keep secret. obs.
      1913 webster

            stall this in your bosom.             --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
stalled stalling 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stall \stall\, v. i. as. steallian to have room. see stall,
   n.
   1. to live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. obs.
      1913 webster

            we could not stall together
            in the whole world.                   --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to kennel, as dogs. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   3. to be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
      1913 webster

   4. to be tired of eating, as cattle. prov. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
stall 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stall
     n 1: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined
          and fed
     2: small area set off by walls for special use syn: booth, cubicle,
         kiosk
     3: a booth where articles are displayed for sale syn: stand,
         sales booth
     4: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is
        a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge;
        "the plane went into a stall and i couldn't control it"
     5: small individual study area in a library syn: carrel, carrell,
         cubicle
     6: a tactic used to mislead or delay syn: stalling
     v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "he did not want to
          write the letter and procrastinated for days" syn: procrastinate,
           drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally,
          dilly-dally, dillydally
     2: come to a stop; "the car stalled in the driveway" syn: conk
     3: deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to
        write the report, so she is stalling"
     4: put into, or keep in, a stall; "stall the horse"
     5: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
     6: cause an airplane to go into a stall
     7: cause an engine to stop; "the inexperienced driver kept
        stalling the car"
see also:
booth cubicle kiosk stand sales booth carrel 
carrell stalling procrastinate drag one's feet drag one's heels 
shillyshally dilly-dally dillydally conk 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

212 moby thesaurus words for "stall":
   fabian policy, micawberism, nissen hut, quonset hut, acrobatics,
   aerobatics, alcove, amen corner, anxious bench, anxious seat, area,
   arrest, artifice, auditorium, backwardness, balcony, banking, barn,
   be dilatory, block, booth, box, box seat, brake, bring to,
   bring up, bring up short, byre, cavity, cease fire, cell, cellule,
   chamber, chandelle, check, checkmate, cloy, come up short,
   compartment, conk out, coop, corral, cote, counter, cowbarn,
   cowbyre, cowhouse, cowshed, crabbing, crib, crypt, cubicle,
   cut short, dally, dam, dawdle, deadlock, delay, die, dilatoriness,
   dither, dive, diving, draw rein, draw up, dress circle,
   enclosed space, enclosure, equivocate, fail, fauteuil, fetch up,
   filibuster, fill, fishtailing, flame out, fold, foot-dragging,
   freeze, gain time, gallery, gatehouse, glide, glut, go dead, gorge,
   halt, hang, hang back, hang fire, haver, hedge, hedging, hesitate,
   hesitation, hold, hold off, hold-off, hole, hollow, hut, hutch,
   interrupt, jade, kiosk, laxness, lean-to, linger, loge, loiter,
   lose power, make time, manger, mews, move, mugwump, news kiosk,
   newsstand, nigger heaven, nose dive, obstructionism, orchestra,
   orchestra circle, outbuilding, outhouse, pall, paradise, parquet,
   parquet circle, parterre, pavilion, peanut gallery, pen,
   penitent form, pew, pit, play for time, power dive, pretext,
   prevaricate, procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination,
   proscenium boxes, pull up, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, put off,
   put paid to, quarters, quit, remissness, rolling, ruse, sate,
   section, sedilia, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, shut down,
   sideslip, slackness, slot, slow down, slowness, space, spiral,
   sputter and stop, stable, stalemate, stall for time, stall off,
   stand, stand off, standing room, stay, stem, stem the tide, stick,
   stodge, stonewall, stonewalling, stooge around, stop, stop cold,
   stop dead, stop short, stratagem, stunting, sty, stymie,
   subterfuge, surfeit, suspend, table, tactical maneuvers,
   talk against time, temporization, temporize, theatre stall,
   tollbooth, tollhouse, trick, vacillate, vault, volplane,
   waste time, wile, zoom

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