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

wall \wall\, n. as. weall, from l. vallum a wall, vallus a
   stake, pale, palisade; akin to gr. ? a nail. cf. interval.
   1913 webster
   1. a work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials,
      raised to some height, and intended for defense or
      security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a
      field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright
      inclosing parts of a building or a room.
      1913 webster

            the plaster of the wall of the king's palace. --dan.
                                                  v. 5.
      1913 webster

   2. a defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the
      plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense.
      1913 webster

            the waters were a wall unto them on their right
            hand, and on their left.              --ex. xiv. 22.
      1913 webster

            in such a night,
            troilus, methinks, mounted the troyan walls. --shak.
      1913 webster

            to rush undaunted to defend the walls. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. an inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls
      of a steam-engine cylinder.
      1913 webster

   4. mining
      a the side of a level or drift.
      b the country rock bounding a vein laterally. --raymond.
          1913 webster

   note: wall is often used adjectively, and also in the
         formation of compounds, usually of obvious
         signification; as in wall paper, or wall-paper; wall
         fruit, or wall-fruit; wallflower, etc.
         1913 webster

   blank wall, blind wall, etc. see under blank, blind,
      etc.

   to drive to the wall, to bring to extremities; to push to
      extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.

   to go to the wall, to be hard pressed or driven; to be the
      weaker party; to be pushed to extremes.

   to take the wall. to take the inner side of a walk, that
      is, the side next the wall; hence, to take the precedence.
      "i will take the wall of any man or maid of montague's."
      --shak.

   wall barley bot., a kind of grass hordeum murinum
      much resembling barley; squirrel grass. see under
      squirrel.

   wall box. mach. see wall frame, below.

   wall creeper zool., a small bright-colored bird
      tichodroma muraria native of asia and southern europe.
      it climbs about over old walls and cliffs in search of
      insects and spiders. its body is ash-gray above, the wing
      coverts are carmine-red, the primary quills are mostly red
      at the base and black distally, some of them with white
      spots, and the tail is blackish. called also spider
      catcher.

   wall cress bot., a name given to several low cruciferous
      herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. see under
      mouse-ear.

   wall frame mach., a frame set in a wall to receive a
      pillow block or bearing for a shaft passing through the
      wall; -- called also wall box.

   wall fruit, fruit borne by trees trained against a wall.

   wall gecko zool., any one of several species of old world
      geckos which live in or about buildings and run over the
      vertical surfaces of walls, to which they cling by means
      of suckers on the feet.

   wall lizard zool., a common european lizard lacerta
      muralis which frequents houses, and lives in the chinks
      and crevices of walls; -- called also wall newt.

   wall louse, a wood louse.

   wall moss bot., any species of moss growing on walls.

   wall newt zool., the wall lizard. --shak.

   wall paper, paper for covering the walls of rooms; paper
      hangings.

   wall pellitory bot., a european plant parictaria
      officinalis growing on old walls, and formerly esteemed
      medicinal.

   wall pennywort bot., a plant cotyledon umbilicus
      having rounded fleshy leaves. it is found on walls in
      western europe.

   wall pepper bot., a low mosslike plant sedum acre
      with small fleshy leaves having a pungent taste and
      bearing yellow flowers. it is common on walls and rocks in
      europe, and is sometimes seen in america.

   wall pie bot., a kind of fern; wall rue.

   wall piece, a gun planted on a wall. --h. l. scott.

   wall plate arch., a piece of timber placed horizontally
      upon a wall, and supporting posts, joists, and the like.
      see illust. of roof.

   wall rock, granular limestone used in building walls. u.
      s. --bartlett.

   wall rue bot., a species of small fern asplenium
      ruta-muraria growing on walls, rocks, and the like.

   wall spring, a spring of water issuing from stratified
      rocks.

   wall tent, a tent with upright cloth sides corresponding to
      the walls of a house.

   wall wasp zool., a common european solitary wasp
      odynerus parietus which makes its nest in the crevices
      of walls.
      1913 webster
see also:
interval blank wall blank blind to drive to the wall to go to the wall 
to take the wall wall barley hordeum murinum squirrel wall box 
wall frame wall creeper tichodroma muraria spider catcher wall cress 
mouse-ear wall box wall fruit wall gecko wall lizard 
lacerta muralis wall newt wall louse wall moss wall newt 
wall paper wall pellitory parictaria officinalis wall pennywort cotyledon umbilicus 
wall pepper sedum acre wall pie wall piece wall plate 
roof wall rock wall rue asplenium ruta-muraria wall spring 
wall tent wall wasp odynerus parietus 

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