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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400, 1572-1587, 1672-1690
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Lurking, vbl. n. Also: -and. [e.m.E. lurking (1545), f. Lurk v.] a. attrib. Lurking-, hiding-, skulking-(place, etc.). Lurking hoil: cf. e.m.E. lurking hole (1567). b. Sneaking, shirking. —a. c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1657.
Wyntir … with his austrene wyndis blast … Was cummand frome his lurkand laire 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 73.
For quhom … amang theifis lurking hoilis, ȝe prepairit ane hous 1587 Carmichael Etym. 34.
Lurking placesb. 1672 R. Barclay William Michel Unmasqued 45.
The reader by comparing these pages together, will easily observe his lurking in this particular 1690 A. Shields Enquiry Church Communion 30.
Who was guilty of lurking and lying by from the work of the gospel
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