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verb Walk v. t. 1.To pass through, over, or upon; to traverse; to perambulate; as, to walk the streets. "As we walk our earthly round." 2.To cause to walk; to lead, drive, or ride with a slow pace; as, to walk one's horses; to walk the dog. " I will rather trust... a thief to walk my ambling gelding." 3.To subject, as cloth or yarn, to the fulling process; to full. (Obs. or Scot.) 4.(Sporting) To put or keep (a puppy) in a walk; to train (puppies) in a walk. (Cant) 5.To move in a manner likened to walking. (Colloq.) "She walked a spinning wheel into the house, making it use first one and then the other of its own spindling legs to achieve progression rather than lifting it by main force." To walk one's chalks, to make off; take French leave. To walk the plank, to walk off the plank into the water and be drowned; an expression derived from the practice of pirates who extended a plank from the side of a ship, and compelled those whom they would drown to walk off into the water; figuratively, to vacate an office by compulsion.
Walk v. i. (past & past part. walked; pres. part. walking) 1.To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting 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." "When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus." Note: In the walk of quadrupeds, there are always two, and for a brief space there are three, feet on the ground at once, but never four. 2.To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble. 3.To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter. "I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead May walk again." "When was it she last walked?" 4.To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag. (Obs.) "Her tongue did walk in foul reproach." "Do you think I'd walk in any plot?" "I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth." 5.To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self. "We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us." 6.To move off; to depart. (Obs. or Colloq.) "He will make their cows and garrans to walk." To walk in, to go in; to enter, as into a house. To walk after the flesh (Script.), to indulge sensual appetites, and to live in sin. To walk after the Spirit (Script.), to be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God. To walk by faith (Script.), to live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation. To walk in darkness (Script.), to live in ignorance, error, and sin. To walk in the flesh (Script.), to live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities. To walk in the light (Script.), to live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations. To walk over, in racing, to go over a course at a walk; said of a horse when there is no other entry; hence, colloquially, to gain an easy victory in any contest. To walk through the fire (Script.), to be exercised with severe afflictions. To walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him.
noun Walking n. 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 (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.) 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. 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.
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