walking : Idioms & Phrases

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Walking beam

  • . See Beam, 10.
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Walking crane

  • a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane.
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Walking fern

  • noun ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
    Asplenium rhizophyllum; Camptosorus rhizophyllus; walking fern.
WordNet
  • . (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below.
Webster 1913

Walking fish

  • (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as O. 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.
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Walking gentleman

  • (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. Cant
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Walking lady

  • (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. Cant
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Walking leaf

  • noun ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
    Asplenium rhizophyllum; Camptosorus rhizophyllus; walking fern.
  • noun tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
    leaf insect.
WordNet
  • . (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) (Zoöl.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.
Webster 1913

Walking papers, ∨ Walking ticket

  • an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. Colloq. Bartlett.
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Walking stick

  • noun a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
  • noun any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
    stick insect; walkingstick.
WordNet
  • . (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zoöl.) A stick insect; called also walking straw. See Illust. of Stick insect, under Stick.
Webster 1913

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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