What is hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top [it] bears a great stalky head. Mortimer called?
stalky — Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. At the top [it] bears a great stalky head. Mortimer. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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