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- verb Present participle of
stilt .
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Examples
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There is the further expedient of "stilting" the cross arches, that is, making the real arch spring from a point above the impost and building the lower portion of it vertical, as shown in Fig. 98.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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It's wonderful to work with someone whose changes and ideas for the art are obviously concerned with the success of the illustration itself and how it works in the book, and not simply one-sided fiddling and rearranging based on individual preference or a stilting focus on the exactness of how a scene was imagined originally.
The art of Leviathan, Part Two: An interview with Keith Thompson 2010
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DRB: Do you see internet as an empowering or stilting creative force?
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Going forward, policy may become looser as China strives to avoid overly stilting growth, he said.
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How much developmental stilting is caused by inadequate prenatal or childhood care?
Archive 2009-06-01 Steven Barnes 2009
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How much developmental stilting is caused by inadequate prenatal or childhood care?
Elephant-man in the living room Steven Barnes 2009
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He'd been stilting past the decrepit wooden door in the tower's base when Domino and ZuZu exited through it, carrying pails, brooms, and mops.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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He'd been stilting past the decrepit wooden door in the tower's base when Domino and ZuZu exited through it, carrying pails, brooms, and mops.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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Struck by Switters's persistence-he kept at it literally for hours-and delighted by his improvement-by late afternoon he was stilting with authority, if not exactly grace-Pippi beckoned him over to the roofed but open-air area at the rear of the storehouse where she maintained a small carpentry shop.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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Struck by Switters's persistence-he kept at it literally for hours-and delighted by his improvement-by late afternoon he was stilting with authority, if not exactly grace-Pippi beckoned him over to the roofed but open-air area at the rear of the storehouse where she maintained a small carpentry shop.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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