2. Verb. (third-person singular of stalk) ¹
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Definition of Stalks
1. stalk [v] - See also: stalk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalks
Literary usage of Stalks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The farmers wished to secure the largest possible yield, and so drilled their
seed corn in such a manner as to secure an unusually large number of stalks in ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Lvs. 1 ft. or more long, on polished stipes, with obliquely ovate pointed Ifts.
2 in. long by \\í in. wide, on slender stalks; sori 8-10 on either side of ..."
3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1892)
"Let us suppose for illustration that I wish to know something of the value of
corn stalks as compared to timothy hay. I find upon a little search that there ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Fronds 1 ft. long on blackish wiry polished stipes; lower leaflets nearly
semicircular, all on hair-like stalks. India, Trop. Amer., Australia. ..."
5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1902)
"With this system of selection little idea can be gained of the nature of the
stalks which produced the ears selected for seed, or the stalks which produced ..."
6. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"The spears were thrown at the stalks representing the warrior chiefs singly.
If the spear fell on his left side, the man would fall ; if on the right, ..."
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