Piece of celery
Publish date: 2024-04-15
| • | The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. |
| • | The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant. |
| • | That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill. |
| • | An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring. |
| • | One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. |
| • | A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids. |
| • | The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect. |
| • | The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans. |
| • | An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor. |
| • | To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun. |
| • | To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover. |
| • | To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step. |
| • | To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game. |
| • | A high, proud, stately step or walk. |
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