Lurk \Lurk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lurked; p. pr. & vb. n. Lurking.]

[OE. lurken, lorken, prob. a dim. from the source of E. lower to frown. See Lower, and cf. Lurch, a sudden roll, Lurch to lurk.]

1. To lie hid; to lie in wait.

Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den. --Spenser.

Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. --Prov. i. 11.

2. To keep out of sight.

The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. --Blackstone.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)