Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SKULK, v., n. Sc. usages:
I. v. tr. To shun, dodge, play truant from (school) (Ork., ne.Sc., Ags. 1970).Ags. 1928 H. Lauder Roamin' 40:
Boys who had “skulked the schule.”
II. n. A pretext, a specious cover or cloak.Sc. 1714 Analecta Scot. (Maidment 1834) I. 14:
Others under the skulk of a funeral solemnitie did goe to be a check upon the Jacobites.
