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Stalling   /stˈɔlɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Stalling  n.  Stabling.


verb
Stall  v. t.  (past & past part. stalled; pres. part. 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."
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."
5.
To forestall; to anticipate. (Obs.) "This is not to be stall'd by my report."
6.
To keep close; to keep secret. (Obs.) "Stall this in your bosom."


Stall  v. i.  
1.
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. (Obs.) "We could not stall together In the whole world."
2.
To kennel, as dogs.
3.
To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
4.
To be tired of eating, as cattle. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Stalling" Quotes from Famous Books



... I've been taking stock. It's clear that I should have more cattle. And if all goes well, I want a bank-barn, the same as they have in the East, with cement flooring and modern stalling. And I've got to comb over my herd, and get rid of the boarders and hatracks, and acquire a blooded bull for Alabama Ranch, to improve the strain. Two of my milkers must go for beef, as well as several scrub springers which ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer
... find out, before it's too late, is whether Thane is all that he professes to be," said the other. "Well, I'm simply sitting tight on the job, stalling along until I hear from our people in New York. They have cabled England to find out whether he was connected with the British air forces. Now, what I want to do is to get into that fellow's room for ten or fifteen minutes. ...
— Quill's Window • George Barr McCutcheon
... ready to move for the past two weeks now, which was when the first reports started coming in from the Vishni area—negative reports so far, by the way. I've kept stalling from day to day, because there were also indications that your grabber friends might be getting set to swing at you finally. It seemed tidier to get that matter cleared up first. Now they've ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz
... straight into Bart's eyes. In his hoarse, sick voice, he said, "Bart, don't worry about me. It's all over for me, whatever happens. Just remember this. What your father is doing is worth doing, and if you start stalling, arguing, demanding explanations, you can foul up a hundred people—and kill about ...
— The Colors of Space • Marion Zimmer Bradley
... was saying, I've been taking stock. It's clear that I should have more cattle. And if all goes well, I want a bank-barn, the same as they have in the East, with cement flooring and modern stalling. And I've got to comb over my herd, and get rid of the boarders and hatracks, and acquire a blooded bull for Alabama Ranch, to improve the strain. Two of my milkers must go for beef, as well as several scrub springers which it would be false ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer


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