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▪ I. fissle, fistle, n. Sc.|ˈfɪs(ə)l|
[f. next vb.]
‘Bustle, fuss’ (Jam.).
1719Hamilton Ep. to Ramsay 24 July, O sic a fike and sic a fistle I had about it. 1768Ross Helenore i. 35 The oddest fike an' fisle that e'er was seen.
▪ II. fissle, fistle, v. Sc. and dial.|ˈfɪs(ə)l|
Also fisle, fissil.
[echoic: cf. fizzle.]
1. intr. To make a slight continued noise; to rustle; to move with such a noise.
1721Ramsay Wks. I. Gloss. Fistle to stir. 1789Davidson Seasons, Winter 232 Or icicle drop frae the bended twig, Wi' fissling din, amang the leafless bri'rs. 1816Scott Antiq. ix, ‘He heard the curtains o' his bed fissil’. 1823Galt R. Gilhaize III. 65 The wind again began to fisle, and the signs of a tempest were seen. 1851Greenwell Coal-trade Terms, Northumb. & Durh. 26 Fissle, Fistle, to make a crepitant noise or faint crackling. 1856T. Aird Poet. Wks. 132 The little mouse..Creeps from her hole and fissles through the grass. 1859All Year Round No. 34. 179 The dead leaves were fistling in troops down the lanes.
2. To move about restlessly or uneasily; to fidget.
1785Burns Ep. to J. Lapraik xxii, Twa lines frae you wad gar me fissle. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Fizzling, fidgeting as a person in a state of bodily uneasiness. 1863Robson Bards of Tyne 319 Whole patriot bands..Do fyke and fistle sair about her.
▪ III. fissle
dial. form of thistle. |