Stale (stāl), n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. stæl, stel; akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. steleon a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written also steal, stele, etc.]
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But seeing the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go
No further than it might be seen. Chapman.
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Stale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staled (stāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Staling.] To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
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Age can not wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. Shak.
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Stale, n. [See Stale, a. & v. i.] 1. That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use. [Obs.]
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2. A prostitute. [Obs.] Shak.
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3. Urine, esp. that of beasts. “Stale of horses.” Shak.
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