Word: stales
Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
(of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
(alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
The stem of a plant.
The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
A stalemate; a stalemated game.
An ambush.
A band of armed men or hunters.
The main force of an army.
To stalemate.
To be stalemated.
(livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
To serve as a decoy, to lure.
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