Stale
(Stale), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Staling.] To make vapid or tasteless; to
destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
Age can not wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.
Shak. Stale
(Stale), v. i. [Akin to D. & G. stallen, Dan. stalle, Sw. stalla, and E. stall a stable. 163. See
Stall, n., and cf. Stale, a.] To make water; to discharge urine; said especially of horses and cattle.
Hudibras.
Stale
(Stale), n. [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
1. That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use. [Obs.]
2. A prostitute. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Urine, esp. that of beasts. "Stale of horses." Shak.
Stale
(Stale), n. [Cf. OF. estal place, position, abode, market, F. étal a butcher's stall, OHG. stal station,
place, stable, G. stall (see Stall, n.); or from OE. stale theft, AS. stalu (see Steal, v. t.)]
1. Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a
stool pigeon. [Obs.]
Still, as he went, he crafty stales did lay.
Spenser. 2. A stalking-horse. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. (Chess) A stalemate. [Obs.] Bacon.
4. A laughingstock; a dupe. [Obs.] Shak.