Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stalling"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stall \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stalled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stalling}.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.]
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. --Shak.

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. --Burton.

His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E.
Hale.

5. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having

This not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger.

6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]

Stall this in your bosom. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stalling \Stall"ing\, n.
Stabling. --Tennyson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stalling
n : a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: {stall}]

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