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flisk
/flɪsk/
noun 2verb 2
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2FLISK + NOUN
jig
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A caper; a spring; a whim.
2
A comb with large teeth.
verb
1
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[…]
2
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[…]
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flit away the he flisking flies.
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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
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... elves and fairies flisk a jig in, To waning moon:
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