skulduddery

& a. [SCULDUDDERY.] skulk, *scolk, *sculk, v. i. & t. [Dan. skulke; Sw. skolka; Icel. skolla.] A. In trans.: To hide one's self; to lurk; to withdraw into a corner or close place for concealment; to lie close or hide one's self through shame, fear, or the like; to sneak away. "Who were forced to skulk in disguise through back streets." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. v. *B. Trans.: To produce or bring forward clandestinely or improperly. skůlk-er, skulk, subst . [SKULK, v.] One who skulks to avoid duty or work; a shirker. "Did we conjure thee not to let that That fox Octavio, pa the gates of Pelsen?" Cole ridge: Death of Wal lens tein, i. 7. skŭlk-ing, pr. par. or a. [SKULK, v.] skůlk-Ing-ly, adv. [ Eng.skulking; -ly.] In a skulking manner. skull (1), *scolle, *scul, *scull, *sculle, *schulle, s . [Named from its bowl-like shape: Icel. skál a bowl; Sw.skal : Dan. skaal . Allied to scale (of a balance), shell , scull , .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. "But all the ground with sculs was scattered, And dead men's bones."-Spenser: F. Q. , II. vii. 30 *2. The brain, as the seat of intelligence. ( Cow per .) *3. A skull-cap. "No succor it was to many that had their skulls on." Patten : Exped , to Scotland (1548). II. Anat .: The bones of the nead united by sutures into a spheroidal figure compre ed on the sides, broader behind than before, and supported on the vertebral column. It is divided into the cranium (q. v.) and the face, composed of fourteen bones, twelve being in pairs, viz.: the superior maxillary. the malar, the nasal, the palate, the lachrymal, and the inferior turbinated bones; the vomer and the inferior maxilla are single. The hyoid bone, one Ichthy.: The common river salmon. *skreen, s. & v. [SCREEN.] skrēigh ( gh guttural), subst. & verb. [SCREECH.] ( Scotch .)