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stilt

1. stilt \'stilt\ n also stilt [ME stilte; akin to OHG stelza stilt, OE 
   steall position, sta]ll - more at STALL 1a: one of two poles each with a 
   rest or strap for the foot used to elevate  the wearer above the ground in 
   walking 1b: a pile or post serving as one of the supports of a structure 
   above grou nd or water level pl  2: any of various notably long-legged 
   three-toed limicoline birds (genera (XHimantopus and Cladorhynchus) related 
   to the avocets that frequent inland ponds and marshes and nest in small 
   colonies
2. stilt vt : to raise on or as if on stilts