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Wet; soaky. [Prov. Eng.]

Specky. [Obs.] hapman.

Like a spike; spikelike. These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.

Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]

A yard or inclosure for stacks of hay or grain. A. Smith.

Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top [it] bears a great stalky head. Mortimer.

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

Short and thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent. Addison. Stocky, twisted, hunchback stems. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

Same as Streaked, 1. "The streaky west." Cowper.

Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.

An active and clever young fellow. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.]

Consumptive, phthisical.

Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.

Having tusks. "The scar indented by the tusky oar." Dryden.

Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with, tussocks, or tufts.

The lower region of the sky. Floating about the undersky. Tennyson.

Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

o be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla. [Written also Valkyr, and Walkyr.]

Of or pertaining to the Valkyrias; hence, relating to battle. "Ourself have often tried Valkyrian hymns." Tennyson.