flisk

Definitions

1. 1

   A caper

   A caper; a spring; a whim.

2. 2

   A comb with large teeth.

3. 3

   To frisk

   To frisk; to skip; to caper; to move quickly or restlessly.

   • flit away the he flisking flies.
   • She flisked past me down the dale, / And, ah ! her cheek was painted pale " And wild , as is the wintry gale " That whistles thro ' the glade . " Three times I wander'd round the height , " My little flock to find , " I saw her wrath[…]
   • ... elves and fairies flisk a jig in, To waning moon:
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   1. 4

      To flick or sprinkle (with or as if with water).

      • 'The wind got up east, and sent us a flisking rain.' Marianne Spry.—1888. S. B. G. To flisk is to sprinkle with fine spray; […]
      • […] from everyone she had ever known, it seemed, except Jess who was out in his caped smock and leggings in a flisking rain, swearing[…]
      • Streams and rivers in York could be wild and whimsical, drowning […] Cath stood on shore, her cloak heavy and damp. Flisked with water.

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