Stalk

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.

That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.

An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.

The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.

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

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.

To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.

A high, proud, stately step or walk.

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush