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flisky, a.1|ˈflɪskɪ|
[f. flisk n. or v. + -y1.]
1. Sc. Flighty, frolicsome; of a horse: Skittish.
1807Hogg Auld Ettrick John 8 Mount. Bard 195 Auld Johnie's flisky dame. 1856G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick. 48 You're like Adam Black's pony, Flisky, pranky—and no very canny. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Flisky, skittish, specially applied to a mare which kicks when touched on the flank.
2. south. dial. (See quots.)
1866Blackmore Cradock Nowell xxxi, First come fitful scuds of rain, ‘flisky’ rain they call it. |