walking dress (waakingdres)

A dre for the street; especially, at the present time, such a dre for women, as distinguished from a dinner-dre , an evening-dre , etc. walking-fan (wa'king-fan), n. A fan of great size, with a handle about 18 inches long, carried out of doors to screen the face from the rays of the sun. Compare the quotation. Nurse. My fan, Peter. Mercutio. Good Peter, to hide her face; for her fan 's the fairer face Nurse. Peter, take my fan , and go before, and apace. Shak ., R. and J., ii. 4. 112, 232. walking-fern (wa'king-fėrn), n. A small tufted evergreen fern, Camp to sorus rhizophyllus , native of eastern North America, having the fronds Walking-fern (Camp to sorus rhizophyllus). a, frond. heart-shaped or hastate at the base, and tapering above into a slender prolongation, which frequently takes root at the apex (whence the name). Also walking - leaf. walking-fish (wa'king-fish), n. 1. A fish of the family Ophiocephalidæ.-2. A fish of the genus Antennarius.-3. Same as silverfish, 6. walking-foot (wa'king-fût), n. A foot or leg fitted for walking; an ambulatory leg: in Crustacea , correlated with jaw - foot and swim ming - foot. See cuts under Astacus and endopo dite.