Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Walling"

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

Wall \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.'' --Shak.

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.

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

Walling \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. --Fairholt.


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