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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To SCULKverb
To lurk in hiding places; to lie close.
Etymology: sculcke, Danish
It has struck on a sudden into such a reputation, that it scorns any longer to sculk, but owns itself publickly. Gov. of Tongue.
Fearing to be seen, within a bed
Of coleworts he conceal’d his wily head;
There sculk’d ’till afternoon, and watch’d his time. Dryden.My prophets and my sophists finish’d here
Their civil efforts of the verbal war:
Not so my rabbins and logicians yield;
Retiring still they combat; from the field
Of open arms unwilling they depart,
And sculk behind the subterfuge of art. Matthew Prior.No news of Phyl! the bridegroom came,
And thought his bride had sculk’d for shame;
Because her father us’d to say
The girl had such a bashful way. Jonathan Swift.The immediate publishers thereof lay sculking under the wings of an act of parliament. Letter to Publisher of the Dunc.
Webster Dictionary
Sculk
alt. of Sculker
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sculk
Same as Skulk.
Anagrams for sculk »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sculk in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sculk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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