Sunday, September 20, 2009

stilted

"A stilted heron labeled up into the air and pounded down river."


Chapter 1, page 2, Penguin Books Ltd.

According to dictionary.com,
1. Stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
2.Architecture. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch.
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