The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
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(RQ:Vance Nobody)
Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with(..)on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
puhekieltä An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
puhekieltä To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.
Sir (w) (1771-1832)
As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer.
(RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt)
But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
puhekieltä To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.(w)
puhekieltä To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
(w) (1631-1700)
Bertranstalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, / Pressing to be employed.
puhekieltä To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
(w) (1561-1626)
The king(..)crept under the shoulder of his led horse;(..)"I must stalk," said he.
(w) (1563-1631)
One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
A hunt (of a wild animal).
Theodore Roosevelt
When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back.