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Meaning
Noun
●
Alternative letter-case form of
stonewall
(“alcoholic drink”)
●
An obstruction.
●
A
refusal
to cooperate.
●
An
alcoholic
drink
popular
in
colonial
America,
consisting of
apple cider
(or sometimes
applejack
)
mixed
with
rum
(or sometimes
gin
or whisky).
●
In Walls and fences:
Alternative form of
stone wall
(“wall
made of
stone
”).
Verb
●
To obstruct.
●
To
refuse
to
answer
or
cooperate
, especially in
supplying
information.
Adj
●
In British English:
Certain, definite.
Name
●
A
series
of
riots
in 1969 New York City,
beginning
with the
patrons
of the
gay bar
"The Stonewall Inn"
resisting
police
arrest
, which
marked
the
beginning
of the
militant
gay rights
movement.
●
A
nickname
of Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson.
●
A
formation
in
chess
(a
variation
of the Queen's Pawn Game) in which
white
plays
pawns
to
d
4 and several other
positions
,
requiring
black
to
react
energetically
(see Stonewall Attack).
●
Any of several places:
A
town
in Manitoba, Canada.
●
Any of several places:
A
former
gold-mining
town
in California, in the Cuyamaca Mountains.
●
Any of several places:
A
town
in Louisiana.
●
Any of several places:
A
town
in Mississippi.
●
Any of several places:
A
town
in North Carolina.
●
Any of several places:
A
town
in Oklahoma.
●
Any of several places:
An
unincorporated
community
in Texas.
●
Any of several places:
An
unincorporated
community
in West Virginia.
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