Sentence:  Seizing him in his arms he ran into a shop, and seizing a coil of rope, measured off five or six yards, and fastening this round the dog′s neck, set him down, and giving him a few hearty kicks — ‘Hame wi′ you, ye <WSD>scunging</WSD> tyke, hame!' and thus discovered the laird′s dwelling-place. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To slink about; to sneak, to insinuate.