stalked (stakt)

[ Innumerable crabs make a sound almost like the murmuring of water. Some are very large, with prodigious stalked eyes, and claws white as ivory. Harper's Mag ., LXXVII. 628. stalker (staʼkėr), n. [ stalker .-2. A kind of fishing-net.-3. pl . In ornith ., specifically, the Grad a to res. stalk-eyed (stak'id), a. Having stalked eyes; podophthalmous, as a crustacean: opposed to IMG:content-1960.png:[graphic][merged small][merged small] See also cuts under Podophthal mia , Gelasimus , Megalops , and schizopod -stage. They all have their eyes set upon movable stalks, are termed the Pod ophthalmia, or stalk - eyed Crustacea. Huxley, Crayfish, p. 279. Shak ., Hamlet, i. 1. 66. stalking (sta'king), n. [Verbal n. of stalk1 , r.] Twice before, and jump at this dead hour, With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. But Milton next, with high and haughty stalks , Unfettered in majestic numbers walks. Add is on, The Greatest English Poets, 1. 56. stalk2 (stak), n. [ stalke ; prob. a var. (due to a ociation with the related stale2 ?) of * stelk , stilkr = Sw. stjelk = Dan. stilk , a stalk (ef. Gr. στέλεχος , the stem of a tree); with formative -k, from the simple form appearing in AS. stæl , stel , a handle, stale: see stale2.] 1. The stem or main axis of a plant; that part of a plant which rises directly from the root, and which usually supports the leaves, flowers, and fruit: as, a stalk of wheat or hemp. I had sometimes the curiosity to consider beans and peas pulled up out of the ground by the stalks , in order to an inquiry into their germination. Boyle , Works, III. 310. Some naked Stalk , not quite decay'd, To yield a fresh and friendly Bud e ay'd. Congreve, Tears of Amaryllis. 2. The pedicel of a flower or the peduncle of a flower-cluster (flower-stalk), the petiole of a leaf (leafstalk), the stipe of an ovary, etc., or any similar supporting organ; in mo es, a seta. -31. A straw. In sporting, the act or method of approaching game quietly and warily or under cover, taking advantage of the inequalities of the ground, etc., as in deer-stalking.