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- English Word Stalk Definition An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
- English Word Stalk Definition To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
- English Word Stalk Definition To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
- English Word Stalk Definition 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.
- English Word Stalk Definition To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
- English Word Stalk Definition A high, proud, stately step or walk.
- English Word Stalk-eyed Definition Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans.
- English Word Stalked Definition of Stalk
- English Word Stalked Definition Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
- English Word Stalker Definition One who stalks.
- English Word Stalker Definition A kind of fishing net.
- English Word Stalking Definition of Stalk
- English Word Stalking-horse Definition A horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself from the game he is aiming to kill.
- English Word Stalking-horse Definition Fig.: Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
- English Word Stalkless Definition Having no stalk.
- English Word Stalky Definition Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
- English Word Stall Definition A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
- English Word Stall Definition A stable; a place for cattle.
- English Word Stall Definition A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
- English Word Stall Definition A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.