the Fourth Week of Advent
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Stall
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
(2):
(v. t.) To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
(3):
(v. t.) To forestall; to anticipitate. Having
(4):
(n.) A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
(5):
(v. i.) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
(6):
(v. t.) To keep close; to keep secret.
(7):
(v. i.) To kennel, as dogs.
(8):
(v. i.) To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
(9):
(v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
(10):
(v. i.) A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
(11):
(v. i.) A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
(12):
(v. t.) To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
(13):
(v. t.) To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
(14):
(v. t.) To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
(15):
(v. i.) In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
(16):
(v. i.) A stable; a place for cattle.
(17):
(v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
(18):
(v. i.) 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.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stall'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stall.html. 1828.
