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ng one foot entirely before the other touches the ground. At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. Dan. iv. 29. When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt. xiv. 29.

A fulling mill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory.

Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. [R.] Swift.

One who walks; a pedestrian.

a. & n. from Walk, v. Walking beam. See Beam, 10. -- Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane. -- Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below. -- Walking fish (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as O. marulius, become over four feet long…

See Valkyria.

secluded or private walk. He moves afterward in by-walks. Dryden.

A phantasmic or "astral" body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelgänger.

One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [U.S.]

To excel in walking; to leave behind in walking. B. Jonson.

To walk over or upon.

A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.

A ropedancer.

One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.

A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement. [U.S.]

One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.

Walking in one's sleep.

A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.