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Stalk
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The act or process of stalking.
(2):
(n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
(3):
(v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
(4):
(v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
(5):
(n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
(6):
(n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
(7):
(n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
(8):
(n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
(9):
(v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
(10):
(v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; - sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
(11):
(n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
(12):
(n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
(13):
(n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
(14):
(n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(15):
(n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stalk'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/stalk.html. 1828.
