† hedge-creepingadj.
Obsolete.
That creeps or sneaks by hedges; clandestine, base; cf. hedge n. Compounds 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]
privyc1230
thiefly1395
stalkinga1400
slyc1440
insidious1545
clanculary1563
hedge-creeping1579
thievish1587
sneaking1590
tiptoe1593
peaking1595
underworking1605
stealthya1616
subtlea1616
surreptitious?1615
clancular1621
stealthful?1624
insidiary1625
worming1631
subterranean1643
clancularious1656
hugger-mugger1692
slink1792
slinking1841
instealing1844
thief-like1847
furtive1859
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun]
stalkingc1000
creeping1565
hedge-creeping1579
stealing1581
steal1590
stealth1600
insinuation1608
slinking1611
sneakinga1657
prowl1803
creep1818
sneak1819
lurk1829
slink1853
pussyfooting1956
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > base person > [adjective] > and stealthy
hedge-creeping1579
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Bij To set vp a thousande hyll alters for hedgecreeping Priestes.
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. v. 42 Some base hedge-creeping Collybist.
1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 6 The croaking and hedge-creeping Quack-saluer.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 42 Like the hedge-creeping light of gloewormes.
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