A reed, or light slender piece of wood or other material, used as a walking stick; a staff.

Cane

A reed, or light slender piece of wood or other material, used as a walking stick; a staff.

Walking Sticks and Leaf Insects lead a sluggish life among the branches of shrubs, living on the young shoots. Their color and shape being so much like those of things around them, enable them commonly to escape observation.

Leaf Insect

Walking Sticks and Leaf Insects lead a sluggish life among the branches of shrubs, living on the young…

A man with a feather in his hat holding a walking stick.

Man

A man with a feather in his hat holding a walking stick.

An illustration of a man wearing a black top hat and holding a cane in his left hand.

Man with Hat and Cane

An illustration of a man wearing a black top hat and holding a cane in his left hand.

The praying mantis is so called from the attitude which it assumes when it is watching for its prey. These insects are extremely voracious.

Praying Mantis

The praying mantis is so called from the attitude which it assumes when it is watching for its prey.…

"Sceptrum, which originally denoted a simple staff or walking stick, was emblematic of station and authority. In ancient authors the sceptre is represented as belonging more especially to kings, princes, and leaders of tribes: but it is also borne by judges, by heralds, and by priests and seers. The sceptre descended from father to son, and might be committed to any one in order to express the transfer of authority. Those who bore the sceptre swore by it, solemnly taking it in the right hand and raising it towards heaven. The following cut, representing Aeneas followed by Ascanius and carrying off his father Anchises, who holds the sceptre in his right hand, shows its form as worn by kings. The ivory sceptre of the kings of Rome, which descended to the consuls, was surmounted by an eagle." — Smith, 1873

Sceptrum

"Sceptrum, which originally denoted a simple staff or walking stick, was emblematic of station and authority.…

A cane is a long, straight wooden stick, generally of bamboo, Malacca (rattan) or some similar plant, mainly used as a support, such as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment.

Cane Stripper

A cane is a long, straight wooden stick, generally of bamboo, Malacca (rattan) or some similar plant,…

Walking sticks lead a sluggish life among the branches of shrubs, living on the young shoots. Their color and shape being so much like those of things around them, enable them commonly to escape observation.

Walking Stick

Walking sticks lead a sluggish life among the branches of shrubs, living on the young shoots. Their…

Walking stick insect.

Walking Stick

Walking stick insect.