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

wall \wall\, n. naut.
   a kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot;
   a wale.
   1913 webster

   wall knot, a knot made by unlaying the strands of a rope,
      and making a bight with the first strand, then passing the
      second over the end of the first, and the third over the
      end of the second and through the bight of the first; a
      wale knot. wall knots may be single or double, crowned or
      double-crowned.
      1913 webster
see also:
wall knot 

[2] : 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 

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

wall \wall\, v. t. imp.  p. p. walled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   walling.
   1. to inclose with a wall, or as with a wall. "seven walled
      towns of strength." --shak.
      1913 webster

            the king of thebes, amphion,
            that with his singing walled that city. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. to defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
      1913 webster

            the terror of his name that walls us in. --denham.
      1913 webster

   3. to close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
      1913 webster
see also:
walled walling 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wall
     n 1: an architectural partition with a height and length greater
          than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or
          to support another structure; "the south wall had a
          small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
     2: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;
        "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the
        trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" syn: rampart,
         bulwark
     3: anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or
        effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of
        prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
     4: a masonry fence as around an estate or garden; "the wall
        followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and
        waited"
     5: anatomy a layer a lining or membrane that encloses a
        structure; "stomach walls" syn: paries
     6: a vertical or almost vertical smooth rock face as of a
        cave or mountain
     7: a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the
        cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were
        blue"
     8: a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the
        wall"; "competition was pushing them to the wall"
     v : surround with a wall in order to fortify syn: palisade, fence,
          fence in, surround
see also:
rampart bulwark paries palisade fence fence in 
surround 

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

136 moby thesaurus words for "wall":
   arch dam, arm, armor, armor-plate, backstop, balustrade,
   bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barbed wire, barrage, barricade,
   barrier, battle, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, block, blockade, bluff,
   boom, boundary, brattice, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall,
   buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bulkhead in, bulwark, bumper, cage,
   castellate, cliff, cloison, close in, cofferdam, collision mat,
   contravallation, coop, corral, crag, crenellate, cushion, dam,
   defense, diaphragm, dig in, dike, dissepiment, ditch, divide,
   dividing line, dividing wall, division, earthwork, embankment,
   embattle, entrench, envelop, escarpment, face, fence, fence off,
   fences, fender, fortify, garrison, gate, gravity dam, groin, hedge,
   hedgerow, hem, hoarding, hydraulic-fill dam, immure, interseptum,
   iron curtain, jam, jetty, leaping weir, levee, logjam, man,
   man the garrison, mat, midriff, midsection, milldam, mine, moat,
   mole, mound, pad, pale, paling, palisade, palisades, panel,
   parapet, paries, partition, party wall, picket, portcullis,
   precipice, property line, rail, railing, rampart, retaining wall,
   roadblock, rock-fill dam, scar, scarp, seawall, separate,
   separation, septulum, septum, set apart, shock pad, shutter dam,
   steep, stockade, stone wall, stop, trellis, vallation, vallum,
   wall off, weir, wicket dam, work, zigzag fence

[6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

wall interj. wpi 1. an indication of confusion, usually spoken with a
   quizzical tone: "wall??" 2. a request for further explication. compare
   octal forty. 3. unix, from `write all' v. to send a message to
   everyone currently logged in, esp. with the wall8 utility.

   it is said that sense 1 came from the idiom `like talking to a blank
   wall'. it was originally used in situations where, after you had
   carefully answered a question, the questioner stared at you blankly,
   clearly having understood nothing that was explained. you would then
   throw out a "hello, wall?" to elicit some sort of response from the
   questioner. later, confused questioners began voicing "wall?"
   themselves.


see also:
octal forty 

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

wall
     
        unix's "write all" command which sends a message to everyone
        currently logged in.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
unix jargon file 

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

wall
   cities were surrounded by walls, as distinguished from "unwalled
   villages" ezek. 38:11; lev. 25:29-34. they were made thick and
   strong num. 13:28; deut. 3:5. among the jews walls were built
   of stone, some of those in the temple being of great size 1
   kings 6:7; 7:9-12; 20:30; mark 13:1, 2. the term is used
   metaphorically of security and safety isa. 26:1; 60:18; rev.
   21:12-20. see fence.
   
see also:
fence 

[9] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

wall. a building or erection so well known as to need no definition. in 
general a man may build a wall on any part of his estate, to any height he 
may deem proper, and in such form as may best accommodate him; but he must 
take care not to erect a wall contrary to the local regulations, nor in such 
a manner as to be injurious to his neighbors. see dig. 50, 16, 157. vide 
party wall. 

[10] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

wall :street:, n.  a symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke.  that
wall street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every
unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in heaven.  even the great and
good andrew carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter.

    carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call
    to battle:  "the brokers are parasites all"
    carnegie, carnegie, you'll never prevail;
    keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail,
    go back to your isle of perpetual brume,
    silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume:
    ben lomond is calling his son from the fray --
    fly, fly from the region of wall street away
    while still you're possessed of a single baubee
    i wish it were pledged to endowment of me
    'twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance
    lest its value decline ere your credit advance.
    for a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea,
    carnegie, carnegie, your tongue is too free
                                                         anonymus bink

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

wall, nj
  zip codes: 07719
wall, pa borough, fips 80600
  location: 40.39317 n, 79.78509 w
  population 1990: 853 368 housing units
  area: 1.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 15148
wall, sd town, fips 68380
  location: 43.99157 n, 102.23913 w
  population 1990: 834 421 housing units
  area: 4.5 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water
  zip codes: 57790
wall, tx
  zip codes: 76957

[12] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

wall, pa -- u.s. borough in pennsylvania
   population 2000:    727
   housing units 2000: 363
   land area 2000:     0.443021 sq. miles 1.147420 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.443021 sq. miles 1.147420 sq. km
   fips code:            80600
   located within:       pennsylvania pa, fips 42
   location:             40.393468 n, 79.787692 w
   zip codes 1990:     15148
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    wall, pa
    wall

[13] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

wall, sd -- u.s. town in south dakota
   population 2000:    818
   housing units 2000: 438
   land area 2000:     2.023618 sq. miles 5.241146 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.040694 sq. miles 0.105398 sq. km
   total area 2000:    2.064312 sq. miles 5.346544 sq. km
   fips code:            68380
   located within:       south dakota sd, fips 46
   location:             43.991559 n, 102.240956 w
   zip codes 1990:     57790
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    wall, sd
    wall

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