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A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.

n natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.

, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked. Landor.

the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

ay valve, a valve which, when opened widely, affords a straight passageway, as for water. walk the straight and narrow.

To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner. Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. Dryden.

liance with demands made on their employer. Strikes are the insurrections of labor. F. A. Walker.

g a violin. Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street Gay.

To take long strides in walking. [Prov. Eng.]

A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity. Does he not hold up his head, . . . and strut in his gait Shak.

ght and contemplation; as, the studious shade. [Poetic] But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale. Milton. -- Stu"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Stu"di*ous*ness, n.

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step. There stumble steeds strong and down go all. Chaucer. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know at what they stumble. Prov. iv. 19.

To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. To stump up, to pay cash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving.

price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price." F. A. Walker.

Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely. He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. Prov. x. 9.

To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner. A man who swaggers about London clubs. Beaconsfield.

To walk proudly; to sweep along. [Prov. Eng.] Todd.