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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

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.

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.

Noun.

[Cf. Icel.

skollr

skolli

, a fox, and E.

skulk

, v.i.]

A number of foxes together.

Wright.

Verb.

To lurk; to withdraw into a corner or into a close place for concealment (See Sculk).