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Data structure used in computer programs
stack, program stack, control stack, run-time stack, or machine stack, and is often shortened to simply the "stack". Although maintenance of the call
Call_stack
Abstract data type
stack, return the value of the last element added (the item at the top of the stack). The name stack is an analogy to a set of physical items stacked
Stack_(abstract_data_type)
Sequence of program instructions invokable by other software
microcontrollers, have a single-instruction subroutine call that uses a dedicated hardware stack to store return addresses; such hardware supports only
Function (computer programming)
Function_(computer_programming)
Type of software bug
In software, a stack overflow occurs if the call stack pointer exceeds the stack bound. The call stack may consist of a limited amount of address space
Stack_overflow
Concept in computer security
security, a shadow stack is a mechanism for protecting a procedure's stored return address, such as from a stack buffer overflow or a Call Stack Spoofing. The
Shadow_stack
Form of computer memory allocation
closely coupled with a function call stack. Because the data is added and removed in a last-in-first-out manner, stack-based memory allocation is very
Stack-based_memory_allocation
Subroutine call performed as final action of a procedure
to optimize in implementations. Tail calls can be implemented without adding a new stack frame to the call stack. Most of the frame of the current procedure
Tail_call
Computer memory management methodology
systems as well as Microsoft Windows implement a function called alloca for dynamically allocating stack memory in a way similar to the heap-based malloc. A
Memory_management
Software anomaly
In software, a stack buffer overflow or stack buffer overrun occurs when a program writes to a memory address on the program's call stack outside of the
Stack_buffer_overflow
Type of computer
result, so a rich set of operations can be computed. In stack machine code (sometimes called p-code), instructions will frequently have only an opcode
Stack_machine
Computer security exploit technique
and code signing. In this technique, an attacker gains control of the call stack to hijack program control flow and then executes carefully chosen machine
Return-oriented_programming
Report of stack frames during program execution
In computing, a stack trace (also called stack backtrace or stack traceback) is a report of the active stack frames at a certain point in time during the
Stack_trace
Geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock
islets typically of volcanic origin, are also loosely called "stacks" or "volcanic stacks". Stacks typically form in horizontally bedded sedimentary or
Stack_(geology)
Software security techniques
memory address on the program's call stack outside of the intended data structure, which is usually a fixed-length buffer. Stack buffer overflow bugs are caused
Buffer_overflow_protection
Use of functions that call themselves
from within itself may cause the call stack to have a size equal to the sum of the input sizes of all involved calls. It follows that, for problems that
Recursion_(computer_science)
Component of a computer's processor
A stack register, also known as a stack pointer, is a computer central processor register whose purpose is to keep track of a call stack. On an accumulator-based
Stack_register
Interface to software defined in terms of in-process, machine code access
on the call stack is pushed first or last Whether the caller or callee is responsible for cleaning up the call stack after the function call Name mangling
Application_binary_interface
Topics referred to by the same term
programming language Call stack, stack data structure that stores information about the active subroutines of a computer program Stack machine, an architecture
Stack
Arbitrary code execution exploit
programming (ROP) technique: an attacker controlling the call stack, for example through a stack buffer overflow, is able to influence the control flow
Sigreturn-oriented programming
Sigreturn-oriented_programming
Software that manages computer hardware resources
the call stack the registers other than the status register and program counter. Pop from the call stack the status register. Pop from the call stack the
Operating_system
Class of algorithms
stored implicitly in the call stack. Depth-first search is easily implemented via a stack, including recursively (via the call stack), while breadth-first
Tree_traversal
Family of backward-compatible assembly languages
Points to the top of the call stack. It is primarily used to access function parameters and local variables within the call stack. SI (Source Index): Used
X86_assembly_language
Mechanism of function calls in computers
registers or within a stack frame on the call stack. There are design choices for how the tasks of preparing for a function call and restoring the environment
Calling_convention
Python IDE
code, step-by-step expression evaluation, detailed visualization of the call stack and a mode for explaining the concepts of references and heap. Line numbers
Thonny
Way for programs to access kernel services
to the system call in the appropriate processor registers (and maybe on the call stack as well), and also setting a unique system call number for the
System_call
Line of single-chip microprocessors from Microchip Technology
adding a number of important new features: call stack is 21 bits wide and much deeper (31 levels deep) the call stack may be read and written (TOSU:TOSH:TOSL
PIC_microcontrollers
Term in computer security
register. In a typical function call, the program performs a direct call, but returns to the caller function using the stack – an indirect backward-edge transfer
Control-flow_integrity
High-level programming language
it calls a function associated with each new message, creating a call stack frame with the function's arguments and local variables. The call stack shrinks
JavaScript
Anomaly in computer security and programming
exploitation on the call stack. In general, heap exploitation depends on the heap manager used on the target system, while stack exploitation depends
Buffer_overflow
Topics referred to by the same term
A stack overflow is a programming error when too much memory is used on the call stack. Stack overflow may also refer to: Stack buffer overflow, when
Stack overflow (disambiguation)
Stack_overflow_(disambiguation)
Mathematics notation where operators follow operands
Hewlett-Packard, in the 1970s, called their special RPN stack implementation an operational (memory) stack or automatic memory stack. Interestingly, Klaus Samelson
Reverse_Polish_notation
Statement which ends execution of a function and resumes in the main code
which called the subroutine, known as its return address. The return address is saved by the calling routine, today usually on the process's call stack or
Return_statement
Esoteric programming language
the next line that would be executed if it weren't for the NEXT on a call stack (other identifiers than DO can be used on any statement, DO is given as
INTERCAL
Functions whose execution you can pause
parameters. Further, each mutually recursive call of a subroutine requires a new stack frame (unless tail call elimination is implemented), while passing
Coroutine
Alternative Python implementation
depending on the C call stack for its own stack. In practice, Stackless Python uses the C stack, but the stack is cleared between function calls. The most prominent
Stackless_Python
Programming paradigm that relies on a stack machine model
3 fib (recursive call here) stack: 4 F(3) exch stack: F(3) 4 2 sub stack: F(3) 2 fib (recursive call here) stack: F(3) F(2) add stack: F(3)+F(2) which
Stack-oriented_programming
Computer security attack
starting with a buffer overflow in which a subroutine return address on a call stack is replaced by an address of a subroutine that is already present in the
Return-to-libc_attack
Integrated development environment for Python
highlighting. Integrated debugger with stepping, persistent breakpoints, and call stack visibility. Author Guido van Rossum says IDLE stands for "Integrated Development
IDLE
American folk song
captain called Stack Lee; or, according to John and Alan Lomax, he took the name from a riverboat owned by the Lee family of Memphis called the Stack Lee
Stagger_Lee
Subsystem for 64-bit Windows for running 32-bit Windows programs
kernel that translates (thunks) between 32-bit and 64-bit calls, including pointer and call stack manipulations Wow64win.dll, which provides the appropriate
WoW64
Range of mainframe computers in the 1960s and 70s
Large Systems Group produced a family of large 48-bit mainframes using stack machine instruction sets with dense syllables. The first machine in the
Burroughs_Large_Systems
Determination of the dynamic scope of pointers
continuations (as do Scheme and Standard ML of New Jersey), portions of the call stack may also escape. If a subroutine allocates an object and returns a pointer
Escape_analysis
Programming variable that persists for the lifetime of the program
shorter-lived automatic variables, whose storage is stack allocated and deallocated on the call stack; and in contrast to dynamically allocated objects
Static_variable
Software loop that processes events
operations such as timers, promise callbacks, and DOM events. When the call stack is empty, the event loop selects the next task from these queues to execute
Event_loop
Software programming optimization technique
the functional call stack frame. The cost to compare n to 0. The cost to subtract 1 from n. The cost to set up the recursive call stack frame. (As above
Memoization
Calling conventions used in x86 architecture programming
non-volatile registers) How the task of preparing the stack for, and restoring after, a function call is divided between the caller and the callee This is
X86_calling_conventions
Type of software vulnerability
use the %s and %x format tokens, among others, to print data from the call stack or possibly other locations in memory. One may also write arbitrary data
Uncontrolled_format_string
Storage segment
stack; it is adjusted each time a value is "pushed" onto the stack. The set of values pushed for one function call is termed a "stack frame". A stack
Data_segment
Performance management approach to rank employees
performance management practice that calls for individuals to be ranked or rated against their coworkers. It is also called stack ranking, forced ranking, and
Vitality_curve
Tree data structure
nodes. When used to implement a set of stacks, the structure is called a spaghetti stack, cactus stack or saguaro stack (after the saguaro, a kind of cactus)
Parent_pointer_tree
cause the CLR to walk up the call stack and examine the permission set granted to the assembly of each method in the call stack. The code groups and permission
Code_Access_Security
Computer programming environment
debugger when a certain error occurs. The debugger allows to inspect the call stack, it allows to jump to the buggy function, fix it, re-compile it, and resume
Read–eval–print_loop
Topics referred to by the same term
analysis, is less commonly called overflow Stack overflow in which a computer program makes too many subroutine calls and its call stack runs out of space Overflow
Overflow
Syllable repertoire of B5900, B6500, B7500 and successors
mismatched. Two operators are important in the handling of on-stack data – Value Call (VALC) and Name Call (NAMC). These are two-bit operators, 00 being VALC and
Burroughs B6x00-7x00 instruction set
Burroughs_B6x00-7x00_instruction_set
Fixing defects in an engineered system
debugger tool to examine program states (values of variables, plus the call stack) and track down the origin of the problem(s). Alternatively, tracing can
Debugging
Interpreted programming language
refresh, and the 96 bytes below that (0xEA0-0xEFF) were reserved for the call stack, internal use, and other variables. In modern CHIP-8 implementations,
CHIP-8
Theoretical computer model
another abstract machine called the SECD machine. The CEK machine builds on the SECD machine by replacing the dump (call stack) with the more advanced
CEK_Machine
Standardized debugging data format
function prologues and epilogues. The Call Frame Information table allows debuggers to locate frames on the call stack. DWARF has been divided into different
DWARF
Educational computer assembly language
the architecture maintains a memory model that includes space for a call stack and dynamic memory allocation. In this model, four of the processor's
Little_Computer_3
8-bit microprocessor
interrupt capability; a 14-bit program counter; a seven-level, 14-bit call stack; four condition code bits: carry (C), even parity (P), zero (Z), and sign
Intel_8008
Algorithms which recursively solve subproblems
solved are automatically stored in the procedure call stack. A recursive function is a function that calls itself within its definition. Divide-and-conquer
Divide-and-conquer_algorithm
4-bit microprocessor
accumulator and 16 index registers of 4 bits each. Internal subroutine stack, three levels deep. The 4004 did not use common TTL levels. When run from
Intel_4004
Programming language evaluation rules
structures such as thunks for unevaluated expressions, compared to the call stack used in applicative order evaluation. Normal order evaluation has historically
Evaluation_strategy
the call stack. In this case the CLR will look at only one method in the call stack in the TOP position for the specified permission. Here the stack walk-through
Assembly_(CLI)
Debugging tool by Intel
threading errors that include race conditions, deadlocks, depth configurable call stack analysis, diagnostic guidance, built-in knowledge of Threading Building
Intel_Inspector
Set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform
In computing, a solution stack, also called software stack and tech stack is a set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform
Solution_stack
Large machine used in bulk material handling
Some stackers can rotate the boom. This allows a single stacker to form two stockpiles, one on either side of the conveyor. Stackers are used to stack in
Stacker
Amount of memory a computer program uses
constants), data segment (both initialized and uninitialized), heap memory, call stack, plus memory required to hold any additional data structures, such as
Memory_footprint
Digital circuit
mechanism is based on a so-called return stack buffer, which is a local mirror of the call stack. The size of the return stack buffer is typically 4–16
Branch_predictor
Comparison of programming languages
separate call stacks with longjmp() — when jumping from the lower to the upper call stack in global address space, destructors would be called for every
Compatibility_of_C_and_C++
Procedural computer language also known as TAL
transient floating register stack. The register stack itself floated at the crest of the program's memory allocation and call stack. The language itself has
Transaction Application Language
Transaction_Application_Language
Structure in computing
most precise call graph is fully context-sensitive, which means that for each procedure, the graph contains a separate node for each call stack that procedure
Call_graph
Software platform developed by Microsoft
NET software called Visual Studio. .NET Framework began as proprietary software, although the firm worked to standardize the software stack almost immediately
.NET_Framework
Switch between processes or tasks on a computer
on a per-process stack in kernel memory (as opposed to the user-mode call stack), or there may be some specific operating system-defined data structure
Context_switch
Classes of data types
in the heap, whereas values of value type are contained either on the call stack (in the case of local variables and function parameters) or inside their
Value_type_and_reference_type
Virtual machine that runs Java programs
the JVM is both a stack machine and a register machine. In practice, HotSpot eliminates every stack besides the native thread/call stack even when running
Java_virtual_machine
This is a list of stacks in Scotland that are surrounded by the sea at high tide. The highest stacks in Scotland are Stac an Armin and Stac Lee in the
List of sea stacks in Scotland
List_of_sea_stacks_in_Scotland
call completes. This is more efficient than the more traditional scheme of storing return addresses on a call stack, sometimes called a machine stack
Link_register
Programming language implementation problem
stored on the call stack in a data structure called a stack frame or activation record. This stack frame is pushed, or allocated, before B calls C, and is
Funarg_problem
Generalisation of a sheaf; a fibered category that admits effective descent
In mathematics a stack or 2-sheaf is, roughly speaking, a sheaf that takes values in categories rather than sets. Stacks are used to formalise some of
Stack_(mathematics)
quotient stacks (e.g., a Deligne–Mumford stack). A quotient stack is also used to construct other stacks like classifying stacks. A quotient stack is defined
Quotient_stack
Assembly language and bytecode for web browsers
termed a linear memory. Linear memory is separate from the wasm module's call stack and code and the engine's memory. This allows running wasm code in the
WebAssembly
Sport involving stacking and unstacking cups as swiftly as possible
Sport stacking, also known as cup stacking or speed stacking, is an individual and team sport that involves stacking 9–12 specially designed cups in predetermined
Sport_stacking
Two functions defined from each other
recursive calls are tail calls, and tail call optimization would be necessary to execute in constant stack space. In C, this would take O(n) stack space,
Mutual_recursion
American anthropologist
Strategies for Survival in a Black Community and Call To Home: African Americans Reclaim the Rural South. Stack received her master's degree in 1968 and her
Carol_Stack
64-bit extension of the ARM architecture
(WFE) with timeout (AArch64). Branch-Record recording (ARMv9.2 only). Call Stack Recorder In September 2021, ARMv8.8-A and ARMv9.3-A were announced. Their
AArch64
Using chemicals to force a horse's gait
normally created by horseshoes that have added pads and weight (sometimes called "stacks"), usually combined with additional weighted chains or rollers placed
Soring
4-bit microprocessor introduced in 1974 by Intel
the program counter and the next three operated as a push-down stack for subroutine calls. To reduce pin count to only 16, the original 4004 had only four
Intel_4040
Topics referred to by the same term
Mainframe computer Page frame, an available chunk of memory Stack frame, a part of a call stack A data structure in frame languages Frame problem, in artificial
Frame
General-purpose programming language
of CPython that implements microthreads. This implementation uses the call stack differently, thus allowing massively concurrent programs. PyPy also offers
Python_(programming_language)
Digital image processing technique
Focus stacking – also called focal plane merging, z-stacking, focus bracketing or focus blending – is a digital image processing technique which combines
Focus_stacking
Real-time operating system
in FreeRTOS are simple and lightweight tasks with limited use of the call stack) Trace support through generic trace macros. Tools such as Tracealyzer
FreeRTOS
Debugging software
other tab. These tabs include; CPU, Log, Notes, Breakpoints, Memory Map, Call Stack, SEH Chain (Structured Exception Handling), Script, Symbols, Modules,
X64dbg
Quickly accessible working storage available as part of a digital processor
The stack and frame pointers are used to manage the call stack. Rarely, other data stacks are addressed by dedicated address registers (see stack machine)
Processor_register
Free, open source, cross-platform IDE
the local function symbol and argument display, user-defined watches, call stack, disassembly, custom memory dump, thread switching, CPU registers and
Code::Blocks
Part of a computer program where a given name binding is valid
searching the outer execution context, and so on, progressing up the call stack. Most modern languages use lexical scope for variables and functions,
Scope_(computer_programming)
American film and television actor and screenwriter
Timothy Clifton Stack (born November 21, 1954) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. Timothy was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son
Timothy_Stack
to call functions and procedures using a high-level-like syntax (i.e., the assembler automatically produces code to push parameters on the call stack rather
High-level_assembler
8-bit microprocessor
memory space. The internal 7-level push-down call stack of the 8008 was replaced by a dedicated 16-bit stack-pointer (SP) register. The 8080's 40-pin DIP
Intel_8080
Line of computers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation
produce instructions to save out the needed data, typically using the call stack for temporary storage. On the VAX, with 16 registers, this might require
VAX
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Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Scandinavian
English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Scandinavian : from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hǫll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from places named with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. The English name has been established in Ireland since the Middle Ages, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village.
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, Australian, British, Christian, English, Hebrew, Latin
Courageous; Adorable; Well Known; Awesome; Little Bald One; Hairless; Short for Names Beginning with Cal
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Cula.Americanized spelling of German and Swedish Kall or German Koll.
Male
English
 English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English heall "hall," hence "lives at the hall." Middle English name HALL means "to cover, conceal."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a respectable or decent person, or else a good-looking one, both these senses belonging to Middle English tall (Old English getæl ‘swift’, ‘prompt’). The modern sense ‘of high stature’ did not develop until the end of the 16th century; the usual Middle English equivalents were Long and High.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish or Irish
Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McFall.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a waterfall, declivity, or forest clearing, Middle English fall (from Old English (ge)fall ‘a felling of trees’, Old Norse fall ‘forest clearing’).German : topographic name from Middle High German val ‘fall (of trees)’; in some cases ‘waterfall’ or ‘landslide’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with this word, or in Tyrol from Ladine val ‘valley’.African : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a reduced form of the personal name Nicholas.Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McColl.Catalan : topographic name from coll ‘mountain pass’, from Latin collis ‘hill’.Americanized spelling of German Koll or Kohl.
Male
English
Short form of English Caleb, CALE means "dog" or "rabid."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
A Midsummer Night's Dream' Snout, a tinker, acts as Wall in the play within the play.
Surname or Lastname
Variant spelling of Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Karl.English
Variant spelling of Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Karl.English : from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Karl(i), ultimately from Germanic karl ‘man’, ‘freeman’. See also Charles.English : status name for a bondman or villein, from the vocabulary word karl, carl, which had various different meanings at various times: originally ‘man’, then ‘ordinary man’, ‘peasant’, and in Middle English specialized in the senses ‘free peasant’, ‘bondman’, ‘villein’, and ‘rough, churlish individual’.
Boy/Male
English American
Bald; Abbreviation of names beginning with Cal-.
Male
English
Older spelling of German Karl, CARL means "man."Â
Boy/Male
English American German
Man. Famous Bearer: astronomer Carl Sagan.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
From the Hall or Manor
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Mal(le), pet form of Mary (see Marie).Indian (northern states) : Hindu name found in several communities, from Sanskrit malla ‘strongman’, ‘wrestler’.
Female
English
English name derived from the name of the Calla Lily, from Greek kallaia, CALLA means "wattle of a cock," from kallos meaning "beauty."Â
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian
English, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian : variant of Carl.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Old English w(e)all, from Latin vallum ‘rampart’, ‘palisade’).Northern English : topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well).Irish : re-Anglicized form of de Bhál, a Gaelicized form of de Valle, the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.German : topographic name for someone who lived by a defensive wall, Middle High German wal.German : variant of Wahl 2.German : from a short form of the personal name Walther.Swedish : ornamental name from Swedish vall ‘grassy bank’, ‘pasture’, ‘grazing ground’, or in some cases a habitational name from a place named with this element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a short, fat person, from Middle English bal(le) ‘ball’ (Old English ball, Old Norse b{o,}llr).English : topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le), used in this sense.English : from the Old Norse personal name Balle, derived either from ballr ‘dangerous’ or b{o,}llr ‘ball’.South German : from Middle High German bal ‘ball’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a juggler, or a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhine area.Dutch and German : short form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element bald (see Bald).William Ball (1616–80) emigrated from Suffolk, England, to VA about 1650 and was one of the founders of Millenbeck on the Rappahannock.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced form of McCall.English : from Middle English calle ‘close-fitting cap for women’ (from Old French cale), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name. Compare Cale.Catalan : topographic name from call ‘narrow track’ (Latin callis). Compare Calle.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Koll or Goll.
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Girl/Female
Tamil
Protection
Girl/Female
Hindu
Shining, Bright, Glowing
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Time of Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Hindu
Victory
Girl/Female
Hindu
Winner
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Swetnam.
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, WISDOM means simply "wisdom." Wisdom is composed of Wis- from the word wise, from proto-Germanic *wisaz "to know" from PIE wittos "to see," and -dom, from Latin domus, from PIE domo "house."
Female
Dutch
, firm spear.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Suranjani | ஸà¯à®°à®¨à¯à®œà®¾à®¨à¯€Â
Very pleasing, Entertaining
Female
English
English name derived from the name of the Iroquois tribe, ONEIDA means "standing stone, upright stone."
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n.
The gall bladder.
v. t.
To inclose with a wall, or as with a wall.
v. t.
To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
n.
To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.
n.
That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
v. t.
To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
n. & a.
See Pall-mall.
n.
The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
v. t.
To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.
n.
A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
v. t.
To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.
n.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
n.
The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call.
v. t.
To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
n.
Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
n.
See Pall-mall.
v. t.
To let fall; to drop.
n.
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.
v. t.
To place or inclose in a cell.
v. t.
To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.