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   Walk (wa̤k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Walked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Walking.] [OE. walken, probably from AS. wealcan to roll, turn, revolve, akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. vālka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; but cf. also AS. weallian to roam, ramble, G. wallen. √130.]
   
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   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.
   
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   At the end of twelve months, he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. Dan. iv. 29.
   
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   When Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. Matt. xiv. 29.
   
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   ☞ 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.
   
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   2. To move or go on the feet for exercise or amusement; to take one's exercise; to ramble.
   
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   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.
   
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   I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead
   
   May walk again. Shak.
   
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   When was it she last walked? Shak.
   
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   4. To be in motion; to act; to move; to wag.  [Obs.] “Her tongue did walk in foul reproach.”  Spenser.
   
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   Do you think I'd walk in any plot? B. Jonson.
   
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   I heard a pen walking in the chimney behind the cloth. Latimer.
   
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   5. To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct one's self.
   
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   We walk perversely with God, and he will walk crookedly toward us. Jer. Taylor.
   
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   6. To move off; to depart.  [Obs. or Colloq.]
   
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   He will make their cows and garrans to walk. Spenser.
   
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   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. Rom. viii. 1. -- To walk after the Spirit (Script.), to be guided by the counsels and influences of the Spirit, and by the word of God. Rom. viii. 1. -- To walk by faith (Script.), to live in the firm belief of the gospel and its promises, and to rely on Christ for salvation. 2 Cor. v. 7. -- To walk in darkness (Script.), to live in ignorance, error, and sin. 1 John i. 6. -- To walk in the flesh (Script.), to live this natural life, which is subject to infirmities and calamities. 2 Cor. x. 3. -- To walk in the light (Script.), to live in the practice of religion, and to enjoy its consolations. 1 John i. 7. -- 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. Isa. xliii. 2. -- To
   walk with God (Script.), to live in obedience to his commands, and have communion with him.
   
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   Walking, a. & n. from Walk, v.
   
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   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.
   
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