FIRK

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obs.] I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.

2.
v.

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.

3.
n.

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


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