| slovo | definícia |
stalk
(mass) | stalk
- steblo |
stalk
(encz) | stalk,lodyha n: Zdeněk Brož |
stalk
(encz) | stalk,pronásledovat v: Pino |
stalk
(encz) | stalk,stéblo |
stalk
(encz) | stalk,stopka Zdeněk Brož |
stalk
(encz) | stalk,stvol Zdeněk Brož |
Stalk
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\ (st[add]k), v. t.
1. To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for
the purpose of killing, as game.
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As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is
cruelly like to stalking a deer. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To follow (a person) persistently, with or without
attempts to evade detection; as, the paparazzi stalk
celebrities to get candid photographs; obsessed fans may
stalk their favorite movie stars.
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Stalk
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked (st[add]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. Stalking.] [AS. staelcan, stealcian to go slowly;
cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably
akin to 1st stalk.]
1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive
pronoun. --Shak.
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Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
--Chaucer.
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[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
fiend,
Pressing to be employed. --Dryden.
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2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
approaching game; to proceed under cover.
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The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. --Bacon.
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One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
--Drayton.
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3. 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.
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With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
--Dryden.
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Then stalking through the deep,
He fords the ocean. --Addison.
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I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Merivale.
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Stalk
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\ (st[add]k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. stael, stel, a
stalk. See Stale a handle, Stall.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of
wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(b) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
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2. That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of
a quill. --Grew.
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3. (Arch.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling
the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices
spring.
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4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.]
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To climb by the rungs and the stalks. --Chaucer.
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5. (Zool.)
(a) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and
crinoids.
(b) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a
hymenopterous insect.
(c) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
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6. (Founding) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core
to strengthen it; a core arbor.
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Stalk borer (Zool.), the larva of a noctuid moth ({Gortyna
nitela}), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry,
strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants,
often doing much injury.
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Stalk
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\, n.
1. A high, proud, stately step or walk.
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Thus twice before, . . .
With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
--Shak.
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The which with monstrous stalk behind him stepped.
--Spenser.
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2. The act or process of stalking.
When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and
ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back.
--T.
Roosevelt.
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stalk
(wn) | stalk
n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
[syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw,
stubble]
2: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or
fungus or a plant part or plant organ [syn: stalk, stem]
3: a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or
waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt]
4: the act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk,
stalking]
5: a stiff or threatening gait [syn: stalk, angry walk]
v 1: walk stiffly
2: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;
"her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother
haunted her" [syn: haunt, stalk]
3: go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for
deer" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
stalking
(mass) | stalking
- sledovanie |
beanstalk
(encz) | beanstalk,stonek fazole Zdeněk Brož |
cornstalk
(encz) | cornstalk, |
crosstalk
(encz) | crosstalk,nežádoucí signál Zdeněk Brož |
deerstalker
(encz) | deerstalker,lovecká čepice Zdeněk Brož |
deerstalking
(encz) | deerstalking,stopování zvěře Zdeněk Brož |
flower stalk
(encz) | flower stalk, n: |
hypophyseal stalk
(encz) | hypophyseal stalk, n: |
leafstalk
(encz) | leafstalk,řapík n: Zdeněk Brož |
ring-stalked fungus
(encz) | ring-stalked fungus, n: |
rootstalk
(encz) | rootstalk, n: |
stalked
(encz) | stalked, adj: |
stalked puffball
(encz) | stalked puffball, n: |
stalker
(encz) | stalker,pronásledovatel n: Zdeněk Brožstalker,stopař n: Zdeněk Brož |
stalking
(encz) | stalking,sledování n: Zdeněk Brožstalking,sledující adj: Zdeněk Brožstalking,stopování n: Zdeněk Brož |
stalking-horse
(encz) | stalking-horse,osoba odpoutávající pozornost n: Zdeněk Brož |
stalkless
(encz) | stalkless, adj: |
stalklike
(encz) | stalklike, adj: |
stalks
(encz) | stalks,stopuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
beanstalk
(gcide) | beanstalk \beanstalk\ n.
1. stem of a bean plant.
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Cornstalk
(gcide) | Cornstalk \Corn"stalk`\ (-st[add]k`), n.
A stalk of Indian corn.
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Deerstalker
(gcide) | Deerstalker \Deer"stalk`er\, n.
1. One who practices deerstalking.
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2. A close-fitting cap, usually woolen, such as is worn in
deerstalking, having a low crown and visors both in front
and back, and having earflaps which are usually worn tied
together over the top; also called fore-and-after,
deerstalker hat and deerstalker cap; a hunter's cap;
formerly also used for any stiff, round hat. [Eng.]
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deerstalker cap
(gcide) | Deerstalker \Deer"stalk`er\, n.
1. One who practices deerstalking.
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2. A close-fitting cap, usually woolen, such as is worn in
deerstalking, having a low crown and visors both in front
and back, and having earflaps which are usually worn tied
together over the top; also called fore-and-after,
deerstalker hat and deerstalker cap; a hunter's cap;
formerly also used for any stiff, round hat. [Eng.]
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deerstalker hat
(gcide) | Deerstalker \Deer"stalk`er\, n.
1. One who practices deerstalking.
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2. A close-fitting cap, usually woolen, such as is worn in
deerstalking, having a low crown and visors both in front
and back, and having earflaps which are usually worn tied
together over the top; also called fore-and-after,
deerstalker hat and deerstalker cap; a hunter's cap;
formerly also used for any stiff, round hat. [Eng.]
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Deerstalking
(gcide) | Deerstalking \Deer"stalk`ing\, n.
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
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Eyestalk
(gcide) | Eyestalk \Eye"stalk`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea,
bear the eyes at the tip.
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Flower stalk
(gcide) | Flower \Flow"er\ (flou"[~e]r), n. [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur,
flor, F. fleur, fr. L. flos, floris. Cf. Blossom,
Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour,
Flourish.]
1. In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the
showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and
texture from the foliage.
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2. (Bot.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and
hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ
or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether
inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete
flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and
the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and
callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special
leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia.
See Blossom, and Corolla.
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Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a
geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an
outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes
consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly,
an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more
or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is
sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate
leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens,
consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther,
in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a
pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower,
and consists generally of three principal parts; one or
more compartments at the base, each containing one or
more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which
in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the
top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must
find its way in order to fertilize the flower. --Sir J.
Lubbock.
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3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as,
the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time
of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is,
youth.
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The choice and flower of all things profitable the
Psalms do more briefly contain. --Hooker.
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The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. --Southey.
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A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms. --Tennyson.
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4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
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The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a
sort of glue. --Arbuthnot.
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5. pl. (Old Chem.) A substance in the form of a powder,
especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the
flowers of sulphur.
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6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
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7. pl. (Print.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders
around pages, cards, etc. --W. Savage.
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8. pl. Menstrual discharges. --Lev. xv. 24.
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Animal flower (Zool.) See under Animal.
Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a
bouquet.
Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of
flowers.
Flower beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers,
esp. any one of numerous small species of the genus
Meligethes, family Nitidulid[ae], some of which are
injurious to crops.
Flower bird (Zool.), an Australian bird of the genus
Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters.
Flower bud, an unopened flower.
Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close
at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the
florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of
the daisy.
Flower pecker (Zool.), one of a family (Dic[ae]id[ae]) of
small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble humming
birds in habits.
Flower piece.
(a) A table ornament made of cut flowers.
(b) (Fine Arts) A picture of flowers.
Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem
that supports the flower or fructification.
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Footstalk
(gcide) | Footstalk \Foot"stalk`\, n.
1. (Bot.) The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole,
pedicel, or reduncle.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals
are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose
barnacles.
(b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in
decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.
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3. (Mach.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in
a step. --Knight.
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Haystalk
(gcide) | Haystalk \Hay"stalk`\ (h[=a]"st[add]k`), n.
A stalk of hay.
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Leafstalk
(gcide) | Leafstalk \Leaf"stalk`\, n. (Bot.)
The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
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Seed stalk
(gcide) | Seed \Seed\ (s[=e]d), n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed,
AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G.
saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], sae[eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s
seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf.
Colza.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or
more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a
currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
(b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;
as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself. --Gen. i. 11.
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Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and
within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is
either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the
albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of
the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where
the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the
closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.
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2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;
-- not used in the plural.
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3. That from which anything springs; first principle;
original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
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4. The principle of production.
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Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed,
Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller.
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5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of
Abraham; the seed of David.
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Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to
any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,
though rarely used in the plural.
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6. Race; generation; birth.
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Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller.
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Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation
of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag
encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which
swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and
the sides of the hole.
Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the
embryo state; the ovule.
Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.
Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.
To eat the seed corn, To eat the corn which should be saved
for seed, so as to forestall starvation; -- a desparate
measure, since it only postpones disaster. Hence: any
desparate action which creates a disastrous situation in
the long-term, done in order to provide temporary relief.
Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as
cotton seed.
Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2
(a) .
Seed eater (Zool.), any finch of the genera Sporophila,
and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.
Seed gall (Zool.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed
on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species
of Phylloxera.
Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.
Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size
suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.
Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are
sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.
Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a
funicle.
Seed tick (Zool.), one of several species of ticks
resembling seeds in form and color.
Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the
seeds; a pericarp.
Seed weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous small weevils,
especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the
seeds of various plants.
Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.
[Southern U.S.]
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Stalk
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\ (st[add]k), v. t.
1. To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for
the purpose of killing, as game.
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As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is
cruelly like to stalking a deer. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To follow (a person) persistently, with or without
attempts to evade detection; as, the paparazzi stalk
celebrities to get candid photographs; obsessed fans may
stalk their favorite movie stars.
[PJC]Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked (st[add]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. Stalking.] [AS. staelcan, stealcian to go slowly;
cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably
akin to 1st stalk.]
1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive
pronoun. --Shak.
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Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
--Chaucer.
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[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
fiend,
Pressing to be employed. --Dryden.
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2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
approaching game; to proceed under cover.
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The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. --Bacon.
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One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
--Drayton.
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3. 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.
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With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
--Dryden.
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Then stalking through the deep,
He fords the ocean. --Addison.
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I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Merivale.
[1913 Webster]Stalk \Stalk\ (st[add]k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. stael, stel, a
stalk. See Stale a handle, Stall.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of
wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(b) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
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2. That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of
a quill. --Grew.
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3. (Arch.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling
the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices
spring.
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4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.]
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To climb by the rungs and the stalks. --Chaucer.
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5. (Zool.)
(a) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and
crinoids.
(b) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a
hymenopterous insect.
(c) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
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6. (Founding) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core
to strengthen it; a core arbor.
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Stalk borer (Zool.), the larva of a noctuid moth ({Gortyna
nitela}), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry,
strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants,
often doing much injury.
[1913 Webster]Stalk \Stalk\, n.
1. A high, proud, stately step or walk.
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Thus twice before, . . .
With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
--Shak.
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The which with monstrous stalk behind him stepped.
--Spenser.
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2. The act or process of stalking.
When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and
ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back.
--T.
Roosevelt.
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stalk barnacle
(gcide) | Stalked \Stalked\ (st[add]kt), a.
Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
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Stalked barnacle (Zool.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; --
called also stalk barnacle.
Stalked crinoid (Zool.), any crinoid having a jointed stem.
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Stalk borer
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\ (st[add]k), n. [OE. stalke, fr. AS. stael, stel, a
stalk. See Stale a handle, Stall.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of
wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(b) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
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2. That which resembles the stalk of a plant, as the stem of
a quill. --Grew.
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3. (Arch.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling
the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices
spring.
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4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.]
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To climb by the rungs and the stalks. --Chaucer.
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5. (Zool.)
(a) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and
crinoids.
(b) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a
hymenopterous insect.
(c) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
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6. (Founding) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core
to strengthen it; a core arbor.
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Stalk borer (Zool.), the larva of a noctuid moth ({Gortyna
nitela}), which bores in the stalks of the raspberry,
strawberry, tomato, asters, and many other garden plants,
often doing much injury.
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Stalked
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked (st[add]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. Stalking.] [AS. staelcan, stealcian to go slowly;
cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably
akin to 1st stalk.]
1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive
pronoun. --Shak.
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Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
--Chaucer.
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[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
fiend,
Pressing to be employed. --Dryden.
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2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
approaching game; to proceed under cover.
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The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. --Bacon.
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One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
--Drayton.
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3. 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.
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With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
--Dryden.
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Then stalking through the deep,
He fords the ocean. --Addison.
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I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Merivale.
[1913 Webster]Stalked \Stalked\ (st[add]kt), a.
Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
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Stalked barnacle (Zool.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; --
called also stalk barnacle.
Stalked crinoid (Zool.), any crinoid having a jointed stem.
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Stalked barnacle
(gcide) | Stalked \Stalked\ (st[add]kt), a.
Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
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Stalked barnacle (Zool.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; --
called also stalk barnacle.
Stalked crinoid (Zool.), any crinoid having a jointed stem.
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Stalked crinoid
(gcide) | Stalked \Stalked\ (st[add]kt), a.
Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
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Stalked barnacle (Zool.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer; --
called also stalk barnacle.
Stalked crinoid (Zool.), any crinoid having a jointed stem.
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Stalker
(gcide) | Stalker \Stalk"er\ (st[add]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who stalks.
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2. A kind of fishing net.
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Stalk-eyed
(gcide) | Stalk-eyed \Stalk"-eyed`\ (st[add]k"[imac]d`), a. (Zool.)
Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to
sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous
crustaceans.
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Stalk-eyed crustaceans. (Zool.) See Podophthalmia.
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Stalk-eyed crustaceans
(gcide) | Stalk-eyed \Stalk"-eyed`\ (st[add]k"[imac]d`), a. (Zool.)
Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to
sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous
crustaceans.
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Stalk-eyed crustaceans. (Zool.) See Podophthalmia.
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Stalking
(gcide) | Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stalked (st[add]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. Stalking.] [AS. staelcan, stealcian to go slowly;
cf. stealc high, elevated, Dan. stalke to stalk; probably
akin to 1st stalk.]
1. To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive
pronoun. --Shak.
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Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
--Chaucer.
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[Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
fiend,
Pressing to be employed. --Dryden.
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2. To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
approaching game; to proceed under cover.
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The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
horse; . . . "I must stalk," said he. --Bacon.
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One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
--Drayton.
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3. 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.
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With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
--Dryden.
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Then stalking through the deep,
He fords the ocean. --Addison.
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I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Merivale.
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Stalking-horse
(gcide) | Stalking-horse \Stalk"ing-horse`\ (st[add]k"[i^]ng-h[^o]rs`), n.
1. A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a
hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to
kill.
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2. Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask;
a pretense.
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Hypocrisy is the devil's stalking-horse under an
affectation of simplicity and religion.
--L'Estrange.
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How much more abominable is it to make of him
[Christ] and religion a stalking-horse, to get and
enjoy the world! --Bunyan.
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Stalkless
(gcide) | Stalkless \Stalk"less\, a.
Having no stalk.
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Stalky
(gcide) | Stalky \Stalk"y\ (-[y^]), a.
Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
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At the top [it] bears a great stalky head. --Mortimer.
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Whipstalk
(gcide) | Whipstalk \Whip"stalk`\, n.
A whipstock.
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beanstalk
(wn) | beanstalk
n 1: stem of a bean plant |
corn stalk
(wn) | corn stalk
n 1: the stalk of a corn plant [syn: cornstalk, corn stalk] |
cornstalk
(wn) | cornstalk
n 1: the stalk of a corn plant [syn: cornstalk, corn stalk] |
crosstalk
(wn) | crosstalk
n 1: the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental
coupling [syn: crosstalk, XT] |
deerstalker
(wn) | deerstalker
n 1: a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly
worn by hunters |
deerstalking
(wn) | deerstalking
n 1: stalking deer |
flower stalk
(wn) | flower stalk
n 1: erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the
ground as in a tulip [syn: scape, flower stalk] |
hypophyseal stalk
(wn) | hypophyseal stalk
n 1: the funnel-shaped stalk connecting the pituitary gland to
the hypothalamus |
leafstalk
(wn) | leafstalk
n 1: the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf [syn:
petiole, leafstalk] |
long-stalked
(wn) | long-stalked
adj 1: of plants having relatively long stalks [syn: {long-
stalked}, tall-stalked] |
ring-stalked fungus
(wn) | ring-stalked fungus
n 1: genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely
related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family
Strophariaceae [syn: Stropharia, genus Stropharia,
ring-stalked fungus] |
rootstalk
(wn) | rootstalk
n 1: a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below
serving as a reproductive structure [syn: rhizome,
rootstock, rootstalk] |
short-stalked
(wn) | short-stalked
adj 1: of plants having relatively short stalks |
stalked
(wn) | stalked
adj 1: having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a
pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached
to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk" [syn:
pedunculate, stalked] [ant: sessile, stalkless] |
stalked puffball
(wn) | stalked puffball
n 1: mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball
2: a variety of Podaxaceae |
stalker
(wn) | stalker
n 1: someone who walks with long stiff strides
2: someone who stalks game
3: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker] |
stalking
(wn) | stalking
n 1: a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or
waiting in ambush [syn: stalk, stalking, still hunt]
2: the act of following prey stealthily [syn: stalk,
stalking] |
stalking-horse
(wn) | stalking-horse
n 1: a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask
the true candidate
2: something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that
is concocted in order to conceal the real reason [syn:
pretext, stalking-horse]
3: screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a
hunter hides while stalking game
4: a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game |
stalkless
(wn) | stalkless
adj 1: attached directly by the base; not having an intervening
stalk; "sessile flowers"; "the shell of a sessile
barnacle is attached directly to a substrate" [syn:
sessile, stalkless] [ant: pedunculate, stalked] |
tall-stalked
(wn) | tall-stalked
adj 1: of plants having relatively long stalks [syn: {long-
stalked}, tall-stalked] |
crosstalk
(foldoc) | crosstalk
Interference caused by two signals becoming
partially superimposed on each other due to electromagnetic
(inductive) or electrostatic (capacitive) coupling between the
conductors carrying the signals. A common example of
crosstalk is where the magnetic field from changing current
flow in one wire induces current in another wire running
parallel to the other, as in a transformer. Crosstalk can be
reduced by using shielded cables and increasing the distance
between conductors.
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