•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.

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