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Stall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled p. pr. & vb. n. Stalling.]
1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. --Dryden.
2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. [Obs.]
4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E. Hale.
5. To forestall; to anticipate. [Obs.]
This is not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger.
6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]
Stall this in your bosom. --Shak.
Stalled a. Put or kept in a stall; hence, fatted. “A stalled ox.”
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