Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [wall, verb] The process of reinforcing the sides of a vertical shaft with tubbing or staves to prevent displacement sidewise by pressure of the earth. It is done either with planks or steel, or, in important and permanent workings, with brick.
- noun In billiards, same as
bricole , 4. - noun Walls collectively; materials for walls.
- noun In mining, the brick or stone lining of a shaft; steining.
- noun The act of boiling; a boiling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of making a wall or walls.
- noun Walls, in general; material for walls.
- noun 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.
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- verb Present participle of
wall .
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Examples
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An Aug. 1, 2002, memo describes the practice of "walling" -- recently revealed in a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which suggested that detainees wore a "collar" used to "forcefully bang the head and body against the wall" before and during interrogation.
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For the technique that they called "walling" - getting slammed against a "fake wall" -- there was extreme care that went toward ensuring that the detainee's neck was supported by a towel.
CFR.org - 2009
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Consider this from An Aug. 1, 2002, memo describes the practice of "walling" -- recently revealed in a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which suggested that detainees wore a "collar" used to "forcefully bang the head and body against the wall" before and during interrogation.
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An Aug. 1, 2002, memo describes the practice of "walling" -- recently revealed in a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which suggested that detainees wore a
Latest Articles 2009
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But first, the methods used, they include water-boarding, walling, something called walling even using stinging insects.
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More on that in a moment, but, first, the methods used -- they include water-boarding, something called walling, even using stinging insects.
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[Footnote: Can this have anything to do with the idea of walling-in the cuckoo?] and then they slept securely, for the Roh hunted by night.
Welsh Fairy-Tales and Other Stories P. H. [Editor] Emerson
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-- thrown against walls forcefully, a procedure called walling;
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-- thrown against walls forcefully, a procedure called walling;
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-- thrown against walls forcefully, a procedure called walling;
Indybay newswire 2009
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