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(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stalk'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stalk.html. 1828.
 
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