Definition of stalk

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Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

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Stalk :: Stalking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stal.
Stackage :: Stack (n.) To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood..
Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp..
Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.
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..
Podocarp :: Podocarp (n.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit..
Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..
Apple :: Apple (n.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw..
Stalky :: Stalkless (a.) Having no stalk.
Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover..
Pentacrinus :: Pentacrinus (n.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere..
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..
Cornbind :: Cornbind (n.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus..
Flax :: Flax (n.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed..
Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Plant-cane :: Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon..
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle..
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