SKULK, SKULKING
ADJECTIVES
► MEACHING ► MEECHING ► MICHING skulking, cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing → 1792 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► LUSKING an idling, a skulking → 1579 obs.
► SKULKERY the practice of skulking → c1400 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► LOUNDERER a skulker → 1425 obs.
► MICHIN a skulking boy, one who is sly in doing mischief → 1828 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOCHER a skulker → 1896 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCONCE a skulking person → 1904 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► SCOUK ► SKOOK a skulking, cowardly fellow; a sneak; one with a downcast or hangdog look → 1882 Sc.
VERBS
► DARK to skulk, to prowl or lurk about → 1889 Eng. dial.
► JOUK AROUND to skulk → 1904 Amer. dial.
► LUSK to lie hid; to lie idly or at ease; to indulge in laziness; to skulk → c1330 obs.
► MEACH ► MEECH to sneak, to slink, to skulk; to idle stealthily or shamefacedly about; to creep about softly; to cringe; to look ashamed → 1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SCAWT ABOUT to skulk, to be lazy or idle; to stand or walk about doing nothing → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOUK ► SKOOK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding → 1782 Sc.
► SNAKE to skulk or sneak → 1818
► TAPIS ► TAPISH to lie close to the ground, to lie low so as to be hid; to lurk, to skulk, to lie hid → c1330 obs.