Found 3 hits - Term: walking stick, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
walking \walk"ing\,
a. n. from walk, v.
1913 webster
walking beam. see beam, 10.
walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. see under
crane.
walking fern. bot. see walking leaf, below.
walking fish zool., any one of numerous species of
asiatic fishes of the genus ophiocephalus, some of
which, as ophiocephalus marulius, become over four feet
long. they have a special cavity over the gills lined with
a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in
respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable
distances over the land at night, whence the name. they
construct a curious nest for their young. called also
langya.
walking gentleman theater, an actor who usually fills
subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance
but few words. cant
walking lady theater, an actress who usually fills such
parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage.
cant
walking leaf.
a bot. a little american fern camptosorus
rhizophyllus; -- so called because the fronds taper
into slender prolongations which often root at the apex,
thus producing new plants.
b zool. a leaf insect. see under leaf.
walking papers, or walking ticket, an order to leave;
dismissal, as from office; as, to get one's walking
papers, i. e. to be dismissed or fired. colloq.
--bartlett.
walking stick.
a a stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support
or amusement when walking; a cane.
b zool. a stick insect; -- called also walking straw.
see illust. of stick insect, under stick.
walking wheel mach., a prime mover consisting of a wheel
driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in
it or on it; a treadwheel.
1913 webster
see also:
walk walking beam beam walking crane crane walking fern
walking leaf walking fish ophiocephalus ophiocephalus marulius langya
walking gentleman walking lady camptosorus rhizophyllus leaf walking papers
walking ticket walking stick walking straw stick insect stick
walking wheel
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
walking stick
n 1: a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
2: any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike
bodies syn: walkingstick, stick insect
see also:
walkingstick stick insect
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
68 moby thesaurus words for "walking stick":
malacca cane, advocate, alpenstock, arm, athletic supporter, back,
backbone, backing, bandeau, baton, bearer, bra, brace, bracer,
bracket, brassiere, buttress, cane, carrier, cervix, corset, crook,
crosier, cross, cross-staff, crutch, crutch-stick,
foundation garment, fulcrum, girdle, guy, guywire, handstaff, jock,
jockstrap, lituus, mainstay, maintainer, mast, neck,
pastoral staff, paterissa, prop, quarterstaff, reinforce,
reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging,
shillelagh, shoulder, shroud, spine, sprit, staff,
standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, strengthener,
support, supporter, sustainer, swagger stick, swanking stick,
upholder
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Fish Stick, definition of term: Fish Stick
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