the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Stale
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) To make water; to discharge urine; - said especially of horses and cattle.
(2):
(v. t.) Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.
(3):
(v. i.) Urine, esp. that of beasts.
(4):
(v. i.) That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
(5):
(v. t.) A stalemate.
(6):
(v. i.) Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
(7):
(v. i.) Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
(8):
(v. i.) Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.
(9):
(v. t.) A laughingstock; a dupe.
(10):
(n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
(11):
(v. t.) A stalking-horse.
(12):
(v. i.) Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.
(13):
(v. t.) To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
(14):
(v. i.) A prostitute.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stale'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stale.html. 1828.
