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stalked

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stalked \Stalked\, a.
   Having a stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.

   {Stalked barnacle} (Zo["o]l.), a goose barnacle, or anatifer;
      -- called also {stalk barnacle}.

   {Stalked crinoid} (Zo["o]l.), any crinoid having a jointed
      stem.

Stalk \Stalk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stalked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Stalking}.] [AS. st[ae]lcan, stealcian to go slowly; cf.
   stels 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.

            Into the chamber he stalked him full still.
                                                  --Chaucer.

            [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's
            fiend, Pressing to be employed.       --Dryden.

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

            The king . . . crept under the shoulder of his led
            horse; . . . ``I must stalk,'' said he. --Bacon.

            One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
                                                  --Drayton.

   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.

            With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
                                                  --Dryden.

            Then stalking through the deep, He fords the ocean.
                                                  --Addison.

            I forbear myself from entering the lists in which he
            has long stalked alone and unchallenged. --Mericale.

Source : WordNet®

stalked
     adj : 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}] [ant: {sessile}]
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