fliskn.
/flɪsk/ dialect.
1. A whim, a freak. Scottish.
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1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor i, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 8 There is something in Miss Ashton's change..too sudden, and too serious for a mere flisk of her own.
2. A fillip with the finger. in a flisk: ‘in a jiffy’ ( Whitby Gloss. 1855).
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1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 86 So down his throat she goes in a flisk.
3. In various concrete senses:
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a. A ‘whisk’ made of twigs or horsehair for brushing away dust, flies, etc. (Halliwell 1847, Berks. Gloss. 1888).
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b. A large-toothed comb (Halliwell 1847, W. Cornw. Gloss. (1880).
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c. A syringe ( Whitby Gloss. 1876).
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fliskadj.
? Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of tail
docked1408
stug-tailed1575
curtal1576
curtailed1591
bushya1609
bobbed1658
undocked1677
flisk1680
rat-tailed1684
strunted1688
bob1709
cocktailed1763
switched1769
cocked1775
nick-tailed1840
1680 London Gaz. No. 1563/4 A Black Mare, about 15 hands with a flisk Tail, lame on the near foot before.
1721 London Gaz. No. 6000/3 Stolen..a black Mare..with a Flisk Tail.
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fliskv.
/flɪsk/ Now dialect.
1. intransitive. To move or dance about in a frolicsome way; to frisk. Of a horse: To be restive.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper
leapc900
playOE
floxec1200
startlec1300
trancec1374
prancec1380
tripc1386
scoupa1400
prankc1450
gambol1508
frisk?1520
jeta1529
pract1568
trounce1568
trip1578
capriole1580
lavolta1590
linch1593
curvet1595
flisk1595
firk1596
caper1598
jaunce1599
risec1599
cabre1600
jaunt1605
skit1611
to cut a caper or capersa1616
tripudiate1623
insult1652
to fike and flinga1689
scamper1691
dance1712
pranklea1717
cavort1794
jinket1823
gambado1827
caracol1861
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become restive
to play his vagary1566
to take (also nab) (the) rust1785
flisk1786
strivea1824
1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. A4v Fannes..To flit away the flisking flies.
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 62 Which make some Brethren flisk and fling.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 167 Thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an' flisket.
1887 in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets Ser. x. 58 The hungry honey bees That flisked and feasted there.
2. transitive. To make restless and uneasy; to put out, displease.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease
mislikeeOE
ofthinkeOE
misquemeOE
likec1175
forthinka1225
mispay?c1225
annoyc1300
there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300
unpay1340
offenda1382
to be displeasedc1386
to step or tread on the toes ofc1394
mispleasea1400
unlikea1425
edgec1450
injurea1492
discontenta1513
disdain1530
to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535
displeasure1541
mis-set?1553
dislike1578
to tread on any one's heels or toes1710
flisk1792
unentrance1834
to tread on any one's cornsa1855
umbragea1894
1792 A. Douglas Poems (1806) 71 But, Willie lad, tak' my advice, An' at it binna fliskit.
1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 60 Fashious fools are easiest flisket.
3. To flick, knock about. Also, to spurt, sprinkle.
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1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Flisk, to flick, as with a whip. Linc.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Flisk, to squirt liquids.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester (at cited word) Don't get flisking that corn about.
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