† friskinn.
Obsolete.
1. A brisk lively action; a frolic, playful encounter. to try a friskin: to have a brush (see brush n.3 1). Also to dance friskin.
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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic
oliprancec1390
ragerya1393
vague1523
rex1566
friskin1570
gambol1573
reak1573
prank1576
vagary1588
whirligig1589
caper1592
prinkum-prankum1596
firk1611
frolica1635
carryings-on1663
ramp1696
romp1713
freak1724
scheme1758
rig1782
lark1811
escapade1814
gammock1819
gambade1821
enfantillage1827
game1828
shines1830
rollick1834
rusty1835
high jinksa1845
escapado1849
shenanigan1855
rum-tum1876
panta1901
gas1914
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]
fightc900
deal993
wraxlec1000
skirm?c1225
makec1275
mellc1300
to fight togethera1400
meddlec1400
match1440
wring1470
cobc1540
toilc1540
strike1579
beat1586
scuffle1590
exchange blows1594
to bang it out or aboutc1600
buffeta1616
tussle1638
dimicate1657
to try a friskin1675
to battle it1821
muss1851
scrap1874
to mix it1905
dogfight1929
yike1940
to go upside (someone's) head1970
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Liiv/2 Fruskin, saltus.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe To Rdr. This is a light friskin of my witte.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. iii. iii. 566 It was the custome of some lasciuious Q. [sc. queanes] to dance Friskin in that fashion.
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) iv. iii. 77 The prankes And friskins of her madnes. View more context for this quotation
1675 J. Crowne Countrey Wit i. 14 Yes, Betty Frisque and you shall try a Frisquin for him,—you shall Duel it, you shall.
2. A gay frisky person.
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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicker
wantonc1450
friskera1549
a merry (or mad) grig1566
friskin1596
uptails1602
gamester1616
romp1678
romper?1780
frolicker1801
skylarker1818
larker1826
rollicker1837
larrikin1868
rompster1893
jive-ass1964
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. T Hys Wench or Friskin was footing it aloft on the Greene.
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. Fv Sir Quin. I gaue thee this chaine manlie Tucca. Tuc. I? saist thou so Friskin?
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