(n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye,
or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
(n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a
quill.
(n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk
of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
(n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
(n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
(n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous
insect.
(n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
(n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to
strengthen it; a core arbor.
(v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy,
noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
(v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of
approaching game; to proceed under clover.
(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.
(v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for
the purpose of killing, as game.
(n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
