1 stop; stay, wait: Stall, hantle binging. [Stop, strange people coming.]. 20-.
2 sit 20-.
3 keep one’s self-control 20-. etymology: origin obscure; all forms attested in Shelta and by Galloway Tinkler-Gypsies; also collected by EMcC/PS and RD; also attested by JS, BW, SS, DW, DW in DC; sense 2 attested by BS in TDITA note:
Sense 1 with the form stall attested by Canadian Paul Pope (2013).