Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit and flavor from being long kept; as stale beer.

Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed; as a stale virgin.

Worn out by use; trite; common; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; as a stale remark.

Something set or offered to view as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool-fowl. Still as he went, he crafty stales did lay. A pretense of kindness is the universal stale to all base projects.

A prostitute.

Old vapid beer.

Along handle; as the state of a rake.

A word applied to the king in chess when stalled or set; that is, when so situated that he cannot be moved without going into check, by which the game is ended.

To make void or useless; to destroy the life, beauty or use of; to wear out. Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.

To make water; to discharge urine; as horses and cattle.

Urine; used of horses and cattle.