SCULK, verb intransitive To retire into a close or covered place for concealment; to lurl; to lie close from shame, fear of injury or detection. No news of Phyl! the bridegroom came, and thought his bride had sculk'd for shame. Swift. And sculk behind the subterfuge of art. Prior.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI