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Webster 1913 Edition


Walker

Walk′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who walks; a pedestrian.
2.
That with which one walks; a foot.
[Obs.]
Lame Mulciber, his
walkers
quite misgrown.
Chapman.
3.
(Law)
A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
4.
[AS.
wealcere
. See
Walk
,
Verb.
T.
, 3.]
A fuller of cloth.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
She cursed the weaver and the
walker

The cloth that had wrought.
Percy’s Reliques.
5.
(Zool.)
Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.

Webster 1828 Edition


Walker

WALKER

,
Noun.
Wauker.
1.
One who walks.
2.
In our mother tongue, a fuller.
3.
In law, a forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
4.
One who deports himself in a particular manner.
5.
A fulling-mill. [Not in use or local.]