Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Skulked"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skulk \Skulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skulked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Skulking}.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke to spare or
save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at
leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla. Cf. {Scowl}.]
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie
close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. ``Want skulks in
holes and crevices.'' --W. C. Bryant.
Discovered and defeated of your prey, You skulked
behind the fence, and sneaked away. --Dryden.
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