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