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stilling

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stilling¹

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of still

noun stillings

  1. The act by which something is made still. Rivette's interdiction on the tracking shot in Kapò contrasted with the double structure of arrests/stillings of image and spectator in Night and Fog served as an ethico-political talisman for all Daney's mature film criticism.

stilling²

Where it comes from

Compare Low German Stelling, German stellen (“to set, to place”).

noun stillings

  1. UK, dialectal, obsolete A stillion.

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"stilling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stilling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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stilling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stilling

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"stilling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stilling.

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@misc{stilling_2026,
  title = {stilling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stilling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}