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quire or demand; as, the stomach craves food. His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. Edmund Gurney.

ece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking. I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other. Shak. Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone. H. Smith.

Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves.

A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend. The rain descended, and the floods came. Matt. vii. 25. We will here descend to matters of later date. Fuller.

To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] Quarles.

Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.

The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.

as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.

Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.

A walking pace or step.

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. 'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. Shak.

A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.

Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.

Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. Wilkins.

Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.

A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it. Brande & C.

A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched. Clarendon. [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt. Davenant.

Motion on foot; progress in walking. [Obs.] The incession or local motion of animals. Sir T. Browne.

e or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale. Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening. Arbuthnot.