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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stalked 
  adj  :  (biology)  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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