Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lurking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lurk \Lurk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lurking}.] [OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source
of E. lower to frown. See {Lower}, and cf. {Lurch}, a sudden
roll, {Lurch} to lurk.]
1. To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den.
--Spenser.
Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov.
i. 11.
2. To keep out of sight.
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks.
--Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lurking
adj 1: concealed and unsuspected; "lurking dangers"; "search for
lurking ambiguities"
2: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking
prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a
surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in
the shadows" [syn: {furtive}, {skulking}, {sneak(a)}, {sneaky},
{stealthy}, {surreptitious}]
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