Walker

·vt A fuller of cloth.

II. Walker ·noun One who walks; a pedestrian.

III. Walker ·noun That with which one walks; a foot.

IV. Walker ·vt Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.

V. Walker ·noun A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.

walker
a fuller ; a WALK-MILL, a fulling mill : a Belg. WALCHER, fullo; hoc ii verb. Belg. WALCHEN ; Ital. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
hookee walker
An expression signifying that the story is not true, or that the thing will not occour. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
matthew walker
A knot, so termed from the originator. It is formed by a half hitch on each strand in the direction ...

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night-walker
A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest...

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