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tinous; tenacious. Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and with a sticky stalk. Bacon.

affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style. The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved. Addison.

A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously. -- Still"-hunt`er, n. -- Still"-hunt`ing, n. [U.S.]

The stalk or petiole of a frond, as of a fern.

An eyestalk.

Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

To become the object of notice; to be on foot. They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. I. Watts.

A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. Marston.

To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain. He talks and plays with Fatima, but his mirth Is forced and strained. Denham. The quality of mercy is not strained. Shak.

A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.

To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.

he stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. "After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble." Mortimer. Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in…

Silly talk; babbling.

Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling. -- Stul*til"o*quent*ly, adv.

Foolish talk; silly discource; babbling. Jer. Taylor.

f, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. Dryden.

One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. Jer. Taylor.