📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
' ; scowk Cld. (Jam.) ; skook Bnff.' ; skuik Sc. (Jam.) [skuk.] 1. V. To skulk ; to scowl ; to look angry, sulky, or furtive ; to go about in a secret, guilty manner ; a dial, form of ' skulk.'
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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