CREEP, CREEPING
ADJECTIVES
1440 — RAMPING creeping, crawling → obs. rare
1792 — MEECHING creeping softly, skulking, sneaking; cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing → Eng. & Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1642 — OBREPTION a creeping or stealing upon one unawares → obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1855 — SIDITHERUM a creeping, slow-motioned person → Eng. dial. obs.
VERBS
1330 — SLENCH to creep or slink away, to sneak → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1382 — UNDERCREEP to creep in stealthily → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1390 — RAMP to creep or crawl on the ground → obs. rare
1746 — MEECH to creep about softly; to sneak, to slink, to skulk → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1747 — SCRAWL to creep, to crawl; to move slowly or with difficulty; to hobble; to scramble, to sprawl → Eng. dial.
1788 — SMOOT to creep under or though, as a hare or sheep through a hedge → N. Eng. dial.
1790 — SCRAFFLE → SKRAFFLE to creep, to struggle; to force one’s way with difficulty; to scramble → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — CRIMBLE to creep about privily, to sneak → Eng. dial.
1838 — OG to creep, to crawl, to wriggle; to move slowly; to be infected with vermin → Sc.
1848 — SINUATE to creep or crawl in a winding course → rare
1848 — SNAKE to move in a creeping, crawling, or stealthy manner suggestive of the movements of a snake
1866 — OOR to creep, to crouch, to cower; to move slowly and feebly; to droop → Sc.
1871 — HARL ABOUT to creep, to crawl; to move about feebly → Sc.
1885 — SCRAUCHLE to creep, to scramble, to crawl; to move with difficulty → Sc.
1892 — OAG to creep, to crawl, to scramble; to wriggle → Sc.
1904 — SMOOCH to creep, to sneak; to wander or prowl round → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1933 — SNAKE-BELLY to creep or crawl → Amer. dial.
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