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Perhaps conflated with waw (“a wall within a house or dwelling, a room partition”), from Middle English wawe, from Old English wāg, wāh (“an interior wall, divider”), see waw. Cognate with North Frisian wal (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). More at wallow, walk.", "From Middle English wallen, from Old English weallan (“to bubble, boil”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaną (“to fount, stream, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“wave”). Cognate with Middle Dutch wallen (“to boil, bubble”), Dutch wellen (“to weld”), German wellen (“to wave, warp”), Danish vælde (“to overwhelm”), Swedish välla (“to gush, weld”). See also well.", "From Middle English walle, from Old English *wealla, *weall (“spring”), from Proto-Germanic *wallô, *wallaz (“well, spring”). See above. Cognate with Old Frisian walla (“spring”), Old English wiell (“well”).", "(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes." }, { "mean": "A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.\nThe town wall was surrounded by a moat." }, { "mean": "Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.\nWe're adding another wall in this room during the remodeling.  The wind blew against the walls of the tent." }, { "mean": "A point of desperation." }, { "mean": "A point of defeat or extinction." }, { "mean": "An impediment to free movement.\nA wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps." }, { "mean": "The butterfly Lasiommata megera.\nSynonym: wall brown" }, { "mean": "(often in combination) A barrier.\na seawall;  a firewall" }, { "mean": "(Can we verify(+) this sense?) A barrier to vision." }, { "mean": "Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.\na wall of sound;  a wall of water" }, { "mean": "(anatomy, zoology, botany) A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity." }, { "mean": "(auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.\nSynonym: chandelier" }, { "mean": "(US, slang, medicine) A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.\nAntonym: sieve" }, { "mean": "(soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal." }, { "mean": "(roller derby) Two or more blockers skating together so as to impede the opposing team." }, { "mean": "(mining) Any of the surfaces of rock enclosing the lode." }, { "mean": "(Internet) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user." }, { "mean": "(role-playing games) A character that has high defenses, thereby reducing the amount of damage taken from the opponent’s attacks." }, { "mean": "(slang, seduction community, chiefly definite) The stage of biological aging where physical appearance and attractiveness start to deteriorate rapidly." }, { "mean": "(historical) The right or privilege of taking the side of the road near the wall when encountering another pedestrian." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.\nHe walled the study with books." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To boil." }, { "mean": "To well, as water; spring." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(chiefly dialectal) A spring of water." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive, nautical) To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope)." } ] }, { "name": "Interjection", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(US) Pronunciation spelling of well.\n1858, The New Priest in Conception Bay by Robert Lowell \nWall, they spoke up, 'n' says to her, s'd they, \"Why, look a-here, aunty, Wus't his skin, 't was rock?\" so s's she, \"I guess not.\" (Well, they spoke up and says to her, said they, \"Why look a-here, aunty, was it his skin that was rock ?\" So says she, \"I guess not.\")\n1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press, →ISBN, page 97:Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "인터젝션", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(rampart): rampart", "(fictional bidder at an auction): chandelier", "(personal notice board): profile" ], "kor": [ "", "", "" ] } } }