Skulked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skulk \Skulk\, v. i. [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. {Scowl}.]
     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.
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           Discovered and defeated of your prey,
           You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
                                                    --Dryden.
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