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Webster 1913 Edition


Firk

Firk

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. OE.
ferken
to proceed, hasten, AS.
fercian
to bring, assist; perh. akin to
faran
to go, E.
fare
.]
To beat; to strike; to chastise.
[Obs.]
I’ll fer him, and
firk
him, and ferret him.
Shakespeare

Firk

,
Verb.
I.
To fly out; to turn out; to go off.
[Obs.]
A wench is a rare bait, with which a man
No sooner's taken but he straight
firks
mad.B.Jonson.

Firk

,
Noun.
A freak; trick; quirk.
[Obs.]
Ford.

Webster 1828 Edition


Firk

FIRK

,
Verb.
T.
To beat; to whip; to chastise. [Not used.]