Stalk

·noun A high, proud, stately step or walk.

II. Stalk ·noun One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

III. Stalk ·noun The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.

IV. Stalk ·add. ·noun The act or process of stalking.

V. Stalk ·noun The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

VI. Stalk ·noun A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.

VII. Stalk ·noun That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.

VIII. Stalk ·noun The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

IX. Stalk ·noun An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

X. Stalk ·vt To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.

XI. Stalk ·noun The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

XII. Stalk ·vi To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.

XIII. Stalk ·noun An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

XIV. Stalk ·vi To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner;

— sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.

XV. Stalk ·vi 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.