Definition of stalk

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Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..

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Kecksy :: Kecksy (n.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock..
Chard :: Chard (n.) A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks..
Cormus :: Cormus (n.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached..
Corn :: Corn (n.) The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing..
Benty :: Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields..
Slender :: Slender (superl.) Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant..
Acrocarpous :: Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab..
Stalking-horse :: Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially of podophthalmous crustaceans..
Cornbind :: Cornbind (n.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Stalker :: Stalker (n.) One who stalks.
Stalk :: Stalk (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..
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
Ophthalmite :: Ophthalmite (n.) An eyestalk; the organ which bears the compound eyes of decapod Crustacea.
Stalked :: Stalk (n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..
Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Petiole :: Petiole (n.) A stalk or peduncle.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..
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