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walling

verb

Meaning

  1. To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.
  2. To boil.
  3. To well, as water; spring.
  4. To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).
  5. A group of walls.
  6. Material used for walls.
  7. 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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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