scultn.
Obsolete.
= schout n.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > other municipal officials > [noun] > in Low Countries
schout1480
scoutette1534
scult1548
scoutmaster1652
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xvii [They] sent to hym..the Scult called Peter Longoll.
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† scultv.
Obsolete.
? = skulk v.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > lurking, skulking > lurk, skulk [verb (intransitive)]
loutc825
atlutienc1000
darec1000
lotea1200
skulk?c1225
lurkc1300
luskc1330
tapisc1330
lurchc1420
filsnec1440
lour?c1450
slink?c1550
mitch1558
jouk1575
scout1577
scult1622
meecha1625
tappy1706
slive1707
slinge1747
snake1818
cavern1860
1622 R. Preston Godly Mans Inquisit. i. 6 For shame Adam skulted in the groue of Paradise.
a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor v. i. 74 in Five New Playes (1659) The man Scults closs i' th' house here.
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