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stalked
(encz) | stalked, adj: |
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.
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Stalked
(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
(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] |
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ring-stalked fungus
(encz) | ring-stalked fungus, n: |
stalked puffball
(encz) | stalked puffball, n: |
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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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] |
short-stalked
(wn) | short-stalked
adj 1: of plants having relatively short stalks |
stalked puffball
(wn) | stalked puffball
n 1: mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball
2: a variety of Podaxaceae |
tall-stalked
(wn) | tall-stalked
adj 1: of plants having relatively long stalks [syn: {long-
stalked}, tall-stalked] |
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