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▪ I. fulk, v. dial.|fʊlk| Also fullock. [Of obscure origin; cf. fulkat.] (See quots.) Hence ˈfullocking vbl. n.
a1784in Milles MS. Gloss. (Halliw.). 1796Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue (ed. 3), Fulk, to use an unfair motion of the hand in plumping at taw. Schoolboy's term. 1843P. Parley's Ann. IV. 311 Come, down with your taw—no fulking... I like to see boys manly, even in their boyhood. 1874Halliwell, Fulk, a phrase made use of by boys playing at taw, when they slily push the hand forward to be nearer the mark. Fullock, to jerk the hand unlawfully. A term at marbles. 1869Lonsdale Gloss., Fullock, to jerk the hand and arm unlawfully at marbles, instead of shooting from the thumb-joint with the hand perfectly steady. 1875Whitby Gloss., Fullock, to fire a marble..from the hand by a jerk of the bent thumb. ‘That was well fullock'd.’ ▪ II. fulk obs. form of folk. |