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Webster 1913 Edition

Lurk

Lurk

(lûrk)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lurked
(lûrkt)
;
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 hidden; 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lurk

LURK

, v.i.
1.
To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Let us lay wait for blood; let us lurk privily for the innocent. Prov. 1.
2.
To lie concealed or unperceived. See that no selfish motive lurks in the heart.
See the lurking gold upon the fatal tree.
3.
To retire from public observation; to keep out of sight.
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks.

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