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To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude. [Obs.] he jets under his advanced plumes! Shak. To jet upon a prince's right. Shak.

To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame. When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Is. xliii. 2.

Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; -- so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a German priest.

A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]

epends; the gist of a matter. [Obs.] I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her walking soon an end. Chaucer.

To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. "I shall not lag behind." Milton.

An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.

le for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.

ts larded many a swine. Spenser. Falstaff sweats to death. And lards the lean earth as he walks along. Shak.

One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker.

his reply. -- Leading strings, strings by which children are supported when beginning to walk. -- To be in leading strings, to be in a state of infancy or dependence, or under the guidance of others. -- Leading wheel, a wheel situated before the driving wheels of a locomotive engine.

he altar and go thy way. Matt. v. 24. The foot That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. Shak.

erized by leisure; taking abundant tome; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.

he length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.

A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning. She would give her a lesson for walking so late. Sir. P. Sidney.

o hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.

condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden.

Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.

me affection of joy. Hooker. -- Light"some*ly, adv. -- Light"some*ness, n. Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. Hawthorne.