Sentence:  <!--The work was in editions while Ray was alive from 1691 to 1705. Google Books has the citation only in a 1735 edition.-->the "Marmotto", ... which <WSD>absconds</WSD> all Winter doth ... live upon its own Fat.<!--MW 1913 has "the marmot absconds all winter"--> 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.