walling
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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.”
The king of Thebes, Amphion,
That with his singing walled that city. --Chaucer.
2. To defend by walls, or as if by walls; to fortify.
The terror of his name that walls us in. --Denham.
3. To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.
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Wall·ing, n.
1. The act of making a wall or walls.
2. Walls, in general; material for walls.
Walling wax, a composition of wax and tallow used by etchers and engravers to make a bank, or wall, round the edge of a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, and the like.
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