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Webster 1913 Edition

Walling

Wall′ing

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Noun.
1.
The act of making a wall or walls.
2.
Walls, in general; material for walls.
Walling wax
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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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Walling

WALLING

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ppr.
Inclosing or fortifying with a wall.

WALLING

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Noun.
Walls in general; materials for walls.

Definition 2024

walling

walling

English

Verb

walling

  1. present participle of wall

Noun

walling ‎(countable and uncountable, plural wallings)

  1. A group of walls.
    • 2014, Carl Schuchhardt, Schliemann's Excavations (page 252)
      “All three,” says Dr. Schliemann, “were unusually large, and appeared to have been forced into the small space of only 5 feet 6 inches, left for them between the inner wallings […]
  2. Material used for walls.
  3. A method of torture in which a person's neck is encircled by a collar, which is then used to slam the person against a wall.

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