a. Apt to balk;
a. Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk;
a. Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk. [ 1913 Webster ]
At the top [ it ] bears a great stalky head. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. valkyrja (akin to AS. wælcyrie); valr the slain + kjōsa to choose. See Valhalla, and Choose. ] (Scand. Myth.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla. Now commonly written
a. Of or pertaining to the Valkyries; hence, relating to battle. “Ourself have often tried Valkyrian hymns.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Scand. Myth.) See Valkyria. [ 1913 Webster ]