firkferkv.

/fəːk/

Forms: α. Old English færcian, fercian, Middle English ferkien, Middle English–1500s ferke, (Middle English fark), 1600s– ferk. β. 1500s–1600s firke, (1600s firck), 1800s dialect virk, 1500s– firk.

Etymology: Old English fercian , færcian , probably < fær (see fare n.¹). In Old English known only in one example in the sense ‘to bring, conduct’; but the verb fercian to support, feed, may perhaps be the same word, as this sense may have developed from that of supplying with provisions for a journey (compare fare n.¹ 8.)

†1. transitive. To bring, carry, conduct; to help forward on one's way. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)]

bringc950

firkOE

cairc1400

arrive1489

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > to proceed

firkOE

helpc1200

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1009 Þet folc..færcodon [v.r. fercodon] ða scipo eft to Lundene.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3630 Þei..bisiliche fondede fast to ferke him forþward.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 295 This lord..The which upon the see she [Fortune] ferketh.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 614 The flese for to fecche, and ferke it away.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3840 So bolnet was his body, þat bu then hade ynoghe The fete of þat freke to ferke hym aboute.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6032 All necessaries..[þai] ffechit fro the flete, & ferkit to bonke.

†a. To urge, press hard; to drive, drive away. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge, press, or impel

pullc1300

firk1340

enforce138.

pressa1393

thrust14..

impel1490

urge1576

to put (a person) to it1581

importune1598

to lay weight upon1600

riot1777

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away

feezec890

adriveeOE

aflemeeOE

off-driveeOE

flemeOE

withdrivec1000

adreveOE

to drive outOE

biwevea1300

chasec1300

void13..

catcha1325

firk1340

enchasec1380

huntc1385

to catch awayc1390

forcatch1393

to put offa1398

to cast awaya1400

to put outc1400

repel?a1439

exterminate1541

chasten1548

propulse1548

keir1562

hie1563

depulse1570

band1580

bandy1591

flit1595

ferret1601

profugate1603

extermine1634

1340–70 Alisaunder 66 By force of hur fight ðei firked hym ðennes.

1340–70 Alisaunder 85 [Þei] Felled þe falsse folke, ferked hem hard.

1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A4^v The red fac'd Sunne hath firkt the flundering shades.

1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. F This shall serve, To firke your Adversary from Court to Court.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 74 There is somewhat in it, that firks us more at such a nick of time to wake.

b. With adverbs: To drive, force, or move sharply and suddenly off, out, up; †to cut off (some one's head). Also dialect to drive or ‘ferret’ out (vermin), to clear out (a burrow, etc.). to firk up (figurative): to stir up, rouse. †to firk to death, (out) of life: to put to death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]

swevec725

quelmeOE

slayc893

quelleOE

of-falleOE

ofslayeOE

aquellc950

ayeteeOE

spillc950

beliveOE

to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE

fordoa1000

forfarea1000

asweveOE

drepeOE

forleseOE

martyrOE

to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE

bringc1175

off-quellc1175

quenchc1175

forswelta1225

adeadc1225

to bring of daysc1225

to do to deathc1225

to draw (a person) to deathc1225

murder?c1225

aslayc1275

forferec1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

martyrc1300

strangle1303

destroya1325

misdoa1325

killc1330

tailc1330

to take the life of (also fro)c1330

enda1340

to kill to (into, unto) death1362

brittena1375

deadc1374

to ding to deathc1380

mortifya1382

perisha1387

to dight to death1393

colea1400

fella1400

kill out (away, down, up)a1400

to slay up or downa1400

swelta1400

voida1400

deliverc1400

starvec1425

jugylc1440

morta1450

to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480

to put offc1485

to-slaya1500

to make away with1502

to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503

rida1513

to put downa1525

to hang out of the way1528

dispatch?1529

strikea1535

occidea1538

to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540

to fling to deathc1540

extinct1548

to make out of the way1551

to fet offa1556

to cut offc1565

to make away?1566

occise1575

spoil1578

senda1586

to put away1588

exanimate1593

unmortalize1593

speed1594

unlive1594

execute1597

dislive1598

extinguish1598

to lay along1599

to make hence1605

conclude1606

kill off1607

disanimate1609

feeze1609

to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611

to kill dead1615

transporta1616

spatch1616

to take off1619

mactate1623

to make meat of1632

to turn up1642

inanimate1647

pop1649

enecate1657

cadaverate1658

expedite1678

to make dog's meat of1679

to make mincemeat of1709

sluice1749

finisha1753

royna1770

still1778

do1780

deaden1807

deathifyc1810

to lay out1829

cool1833

to use up1833

puckeroo1840

to rub out1840

cadaverize1841

to put under the sod1847

suicide1852

outkill1860

to fix1875

to put under1879

corpse1884

stiffen1888

tip1891

to do away with1899

to take out1900

stretch1902

red-light1906

huff1919

to knock rotten1919

skittle1919

liquidate1924

clip1927

to set over1931

creasea1935

ice1941

lose1942

to put to sleep1942

zap1942

to take down1967

wax1968

trash1973

ace1975

the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > stir up or rouse up

stirc1000

aweccheOE

stirc1175

arear?c1225

awakec1315

amovec1330

araisec1374

wake1398

wakenc1400

to stir upa1500

incend?1504

to firk upc1540

bestir1549

store1552

bustlea1555

tickle1567

solicitate1568

to stir one's taila1572

exsuscitate1574

rouse1574

suscitate1598

accite1600

actuate1603

arousea1616

poach1632

roust1658

to shake up1850

to galvanize to or into life1853

to make things (or something specified) hum1884

to jack up1914

rev1945

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > behead

beheadc1000

headOE

for-head13..

unheadc1480

firkc1540

decollate1599

decapitate1611

decoll1649

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by beheading

to lash offc1330

whipc1380

off-whipa1400

to shorten by the head1530

firkc1540

to short (a person) by the head or knees1548

neckc1712

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > trousers

firk1640

york1960

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > forcibly or ignominiously

eject1555

rumble1570

obtrude1595

to show (a person) the door1638

to kick downstairs1678

to kick out1697

drum1720

firk1823

to chuck out1869

bounce1877

boot1880

out-kick1883

turf1888

hoof1893

hound1922

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 145 He caste in his thoghte The freike vpon faire wise ferke out of lyue.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5260 With a fouchon felle to ferke of his hede.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12191 Þe fell kyng of Frigie I ferkid of lyue.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12362 With hor fos to be felly ferkit to dethe.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. i. sig. C4^v He..puffes his coales, Till he firke Nature, vp, in her owne center.

1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. D3^v As Tumblers doe; when betwixt every feat They gather wind, by firking up their breeches.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxvi. 308 He [the fox] will pisse vpon his tayle, and by firking that vp and downe, will endeauour..to make their eyes smarte.

1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. iii. Ded. 307 These vermin our friend firks out; (as the Hampshire people call it).

1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 496 If I do not ferk you out of all likelihood of ringing the beauty, why mandamus me!

1878 P. Robinson In my Indian Garden 106 Not all the marigolds of Cathay will firk up Christmas spirits.

1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield Ferk, to clear out..‘Come, lass, let's ferk all them nooks out!’

†c. To contrive to get or ‘raise’ (a living); to get (money) from a person. Also, to cheat, rob (any one). to firk up: to hatch or vamp up (a business). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > put into operation

to set upa1400

to firk up1604

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle

defraud1362

deceivec1380

plucka1500

lurch1530

defeata1538

souse1545

lick1548

wipe1549

fraud1563

use1564

cozen1573

nick1576

verse1591

rooka1595

trim1600

skelder1602

firk1604

dry-shave1620

fiddle1630

nose1637

foista1640

doa1642

sharka1650

chouse1654

burn1655

bilk1672

under-enter1692

sharp1699

stick1699

finger1709

roguea1714

fling1749

swindle1773

jink1777

queer1778

to do over1781

jump1789

mace1790

chisel1808

slang1812

bucket1819

to clean out1819

give it1819

to put in the hole1819

ramp1819

sting1819

victimize1839

financier1840

gum1840

snakea1861

to take down1865

verneuk1871

bunco1875

rush1875

gyp1879

salt1882

daddle1883

work1884

to have (one) on toast1886

slip1890

to do (a person) in the eye1891

sugar1892

flay1893

to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895

con1896

pad1897

screw1900

short-change1903

to do in1906

window dress1913

ream1914

twist1914

clean1915

rim1918

tweedle1925

hype1926

clip1927

take1927

gazump1928

yentz1930

promote1931

to take (someone) to the cleaners1932

to carve up1933

chizz1948

stiff1950

scam1963

to rip off1969

to stitch up1970

skunk1971

to steal (someone) blind1974

diddle-

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > struggle to gain or scrape up (money)

gather1462

scratch1509

firk1604

scuffle1946

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > receive or take money > from a person

firk1604

to draw upon ——1682

1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore v. i. 44 As from poor clients Lawyers firke mony.

a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. iv. 34 These 5 yeares she has firkt A pretty living.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. I3/2 A fine Lawyer, Sir, And would have firk'd you up a businesse, And out of this Court into that.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll2/2 Were ever fooles so ferkt?

1709 Brit. Apollo 4–9 Nov. She Firkt a Living upon Earth.

†3.

a. reflexive and intransitive. To urge oneself forward; to move quickly, hasten. †to firk (oneself) up: to start up, set oneself in motion. to firk out with (a sword): to draw hastily. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > move [verb (reflexive)] > cause to move or set in motion

to firk (oneself) up1340

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed

rempeOE

fuseOE

rakeOE

hiec1175

i-fusec1275

rekec1275

hastec1300

pellc1300

platc1300

startc1300

buskc1330

rapc1330

rapec1330

skip1338

firk1340

chase1377

raikc1390

to hie one's waya1400

catchc1400

start?a1505

spur1513

hasten1534

to make speed1548

post1553

hurry1602

scud1602

curry1608

to put on?1611

properate1623

post-haste1628

whirryc1630

dust1650

kite1854

to get a move on1888

to hump it1888

belt1890

to get (or put) one's skates on1895

hotfoot1896

to rattle one's dags1968

shimmy1969

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword) > hastily

to firk out with (a sword)1340

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 300 Ne foure~fotede best [we] ferke to kill.

a1400–50 Alexander 766 He..Farkis to see Philip & fangis his leue.

a1400–50 Alexander 926 Philip..Ferkis furth with a fewe folk.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2013 Þat oþer ferkez [MS reads ferkeȝ] hym vp & fecheȝ hym his wedeȝ.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 173 Þe fole þat he ferkkes on.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 897 Fast þe freke ferkez vp ful ferd at his hert.

c1400 Melayne 484 He ferkes owte with a fawchon And hittis the Sawdane one the crownn.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6585 The freke þen in fuerse hast ferkid on horse.

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 30 The bonnie Northren cobbles..with their Indian canaos..firking as flight swift thorow the glassy fieldes of Thetis, as if it were the land of yce.

†b. intransitive. To move about briskly; to dance, jig; to flaunt or frisk about: to be lively, frisky, or ‘jiggish’. Also to firk it. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > [verb (intransitive)]

frikec1000

sail1297

dancec1300

sault1377

tripc1386

balea1400

hopc1405

foota1425

tracec1425

sallyc1440

to dance a fita1500

fling1528

to tread a measure, a dance1577

trip1578

traverse1584

move1594

to shake heels1595

to shake it1595

firk1596

tripudiate1623

pettitoe1651

step1698

jink1718

to stand up1753

bejig1821

to toe and heel (it)1828

morris1861

hoof1925

terp1945

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper

leapc900

playOE

floxec1200

startlec1300

trancec1374

prancec1380

tripc1386

scoupa1400

prankc1450

gambol1508

frisk?1520

jeta1529

pract1568

trounce1568

trip1578

capriole1580

lavolta1590

linch1593

curvet1595

flisk1595

firk1596

caper1598

jaunce1599

risec1599

cabre1600

jaunt1605

skit1611

to cut a caper or capersa1616

tripudiate1623

insult1652

to fike and flinga1689

scamper1691

dance1712

pranklea1717

cavort1794

jinket1823

gambado1827

caracol1861

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B4 Neuer surcease flaunting and firking it in fustian.

1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe ii. sig. C4 Your dauncers legges bow for-sooth, and Caper, and Ierke, and Firke.

a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo2/1 They have got a stick of Fiddles, and they firke it In wondrous waies.

1631 B. Jonson Inigo Jones 79 in Wks. II How would he firke? lyke Adam Ouerdooe Vp & about?

1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal v. 44 We'l frisk in our shell, We'l firk in our shell.

a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) iv. (end) Well since I am restrain'd a while from doing, I'll ferk it with thinking.

a. transitive. To beat, whip, lash, trounce, drub. Obsolete exc. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat

threshOE

beatc1000

to lay on?c1225

chastise1362

rapa1400

dressc1405

lack?c1475

paya1500

currya1529

coil1530

cuff1530

baste1533

thwack1533

lick1535

firka1566

trounce1568

fight1570

course1585

bumfeage1589

feague1589

lamback1589

lambskin1589

tickle1592

thrash1593

lam1595

bumfeagle1598

comb1600

fer1600

linge1600

taw1600

tew1600

thrum1604

feeze1612

verberate1614

fly-flap1620

tabor1624

lambaste1637

feak1652

flog1676

to tan (a person's) hide1679

slipper1682

liquora1689

curry-comb1708

whack1721

rump1735

screenge1787

whale1790

lather1797

tat1819

tease1819

larrup1823

warm1824

haze1825

to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839

flake1841

swish1856

hide1875

triangle1879

to give (a person or thing) gyp1887

soak1892

to loosen (a person's) hide1902

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Eiij^v O I had firckt him trimly thou villaine, if thou hadst geuen mee my Sword.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. iv. 27 Boy. He saies his name is Master Fer. Pist. Ile Fer him, and ferit him, and ferke him.

a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeee2^v/1 I have paid her, I have so ferk'd her face.

1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. E A' has firkt And mumbl'd the roguie-Turkes.

1708 Brit. Apollo 10–12 Mar. Who..Bound up a tingling Rod, and firk'd his Tail.

1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers iv. 128 At this the Judge said, ‘Take him away, Prevaricator! I'll ferk him’.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To firk, flagello.

1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. iv. 97 I would sooner see a poor rogue soundly firked at the post.

†b. To play (a fiddle). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > play fiddle

fiddle1377

firk1668

1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master iii. ii Firk your fiddles!

Derivatives

ˈfirking n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated

jollyc1325

lightsomea1382

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

crank1499

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

cranking1567

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

aleger1590

bright-eyed1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

spirituous1601

great-stomached1607

spirity1615

spiritous1628

lifesomec1635

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

quick-set1653

airy1654

animated1660

sparklinga1704

bob1721

vivace1721

animate1801

high-lifed1859

sassy1859

chippy1865

sparky1883

high-keyed1893

high life1903

peppy1914

pepful1915

jazzy1917

upbeat1947

zappy1969

sparkly1979

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]

jollyc1325

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

alive-like1582

aleger1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

sportive1595

mettled1599

alives-like1601

spirited1601

spirituous1601

mettle1606

great-stomached1607

free-spirited1613

spirity1615

spiritous1628

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

sportful1650

airy1654

animated1660

racy1671

mettlesome1673

sparklinga1704

raffing?1719

bob1721

vivace1721

alive1748

lifey1793

spunky1831

gilpie1835

bubbling1860

chippy1865

bubblesome1879

colourful1882

sparky1883

bubbly1912

jazzy1917

spritzy1973

sparkly1979

kicking1983

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective]

counterfeitedc1385

counterfeitc1386

trothlessa1393

bastard1397

forged1484

apocryphate1486

adulterate?a1509

mockisha1513

sophisticate1531

adulterine1542

adulterous1547

mock1548

forbate1558

coined1582

firking1594

feigned1598

adulterated1610

apocryphal1612

spurious1615

usurpeda1616

impostured1619

mock-madea1625

suppository1641

affictitious1656

pasteboard1659

sophisticated1673

flam1678

Brummagem1679

sham1681

belieda1718

fictitious1739

Birmingham1785

pinchbeck1790

brummish1803

Brum1805

flash1812

spurious1830

bogus1839

imitative1839

dummy1846

doctored1853

postiche1854

pseudo1854

Brummagemish1855

snide1859

inauthentic1860

fake1879

bum1884

Brummie1886

tin1886

filled1887

duff1889

faked1890

shicec1890

margarine1891

dud1904

Potemkin village1904

mocked-up1919

phoney baloney1936

four-flushing1942

bodgie1956

moody1958

disauthentic1960

bodgied1988

bodgied-up1988

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of

threshingOE

fustigation1428

breeching1520

trouncingc1550

bace1575

firking1594

belting1602

knave's grease1602

oil of baston1604

oil of birch1604

oil of hazel1604

oil of holly1604

oil of whip1604

lamb-pie1607

lamming1611

drubbing1650

vapulation1656

warming1681

floggation1688

working over1695

cullis1719

thrashing1720

halberd1756

licking1756

dressing1769

leathering1790

nointing1794

dusting1799

teasing1807

hiding1809

whopping1812

thrumming1823

toco1823

flaking1829

teaser1832

lathering1835

welting1840

pasting1851

towelling1851

whaling1852

hickory oil1855

swishing1859

slating1860

going-over1881

six of the best1912

belt beating1928

ass-kicking1943

stomping1958

seeing to1968

butt-kicking1970

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F^v Why shoulde I goe gadding..after firking flantado Amphibologies.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E3 He would prooue a rare firking Satyrist.

1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iv. i. F iv She shall haue bayle..And a firking writte Of false imprisonment.

a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover v. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. D3/1 No firking out at fingers ends.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 99 Give thy outward-fellow a ferking.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 89 That I had the firking of thy Bum with Holly.

ˈfirker n. one who firks.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > one who scourges or whips

whipper1552

jerker1565

scourger1580

lasher1611

firkera1626

whipster1670

yarker1677

bone-polisher1803

horsewhipper1808

flagellator1824

thong-man1876

sjambokker1953

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

a1626 W. Rowley New Wonder (1632) iv. i. 51 These briske factors are notable firkers.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. i. 68 Your soberest Jades are firkers in Corners.

a1668 W. Davenant Wits iii. 197 in Wks. (1673) Sir, these are the firkers of the City Fiddles.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 263 In Paul's Church-yard..dwells a noble Firker; Take heed..Lest you taste of his Lash.

ˈfirkery n. (see quot. 1611).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > specific action

firkery1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bichecoterie..firkerie, an odde pranke, or ierke, in whoorisme.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	firk
释义	† firkferkn. Etymology: < firk v. Obsolete. 1. A smart sudden blow or stroke, as with a whip; a flick, flip; a cut or thrust (with a sword). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with whip or scourging scourginga1340 flagellation1490 flagitation1490 whipping1566 scutching1611 whip-broth1615 firka1635 horsewhipship1842 flagellantism1855 cowhiding1859 knouting1887 sjamboking1899 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [noun] rounda1500 pass1604 firka1635 sword-cut1817 a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse i. iv. 12 in Poems (1638) My Apish imitation..Does as good service..As your proud whip, with all his ferkes, and jerkes. a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) 40 Both of them had a Fierk at each of my Haunches. 2. A trick, dodge, subterfuge. Also, a freak, prank, caprice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic oliprancec1390 ragerya1393 vague1523 rex1566 friskin1570 gambol1573 reak1573 prank1576 vagary1588 whirligig1589 caper1592 prinkum-prankum1596 firk1611 frolica1635 carryings-on1663 ramp1696 romp1713 freak1724 scheme1758 rig1782 lark1811 escapade1814 gammock1819 gambade1821 enfantillage1827 game1828 shines1830 rollick1834 rusty1835 high jinksa1845 escapado1849 shenanigan1855 rum-tum1876 panta1901 gas1914 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception wrenchc888 swikec893 braida1000 craftOE wile1154 crookc1175 trokingc1175 guile?c1225 hocket1276 blink1303 errorc1320 guileryc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 deceitc1380 japec1380 gaudc1386 syllogism1387 mazec1390 mowa1393 train?a1400 trantc1400 abusionc1405 creekc1405 trickc1412 trayc1430 lirtc1440 quaint?a1450 touch1481 pawka1522 false point?1528 practice1533 crink1534 flim-flamc1538 bobc1540 fetcha1547 abuse1551 block1553 wrinklec1555 far-fetch?a1562 blirre1570 slampant1577 ruse1581 forgery1582 crank1588 plait1589 crossbite1591 cozenage1592 lock1598 quiblin1605 foist1607 junt1608 firk1611 overreach?1615 fob1622 ludification1623 knick-knacka1625 flam1632 dodge1638 gimcrack1639 fourbe1654 juggle1664 strategy1672 jilt1683 disingenuity1691 fun1699 jugglementa1708 spring1753 shavie1767 rig?1775 deception1794 Yorkshire bite1795 fakement1811 fake1829 practical1833 deceptivity1843 tread-behind1844 fly1861 schlenter1864 Sinonism1864 racket1869 have1885 ficelle1890 wheeze1903 fast one1912 roughie1914 spun-yarn trick1916 fastie1931 phoney baloney1933 fake-out1955 okey-doke1964 mind-fuck1971 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > evasion or subterfuge > instance of evasionc1425 subterfuge1563 elusion1608 firk1611 subterfugy1637 stall off1819 get-off1824 stall1945 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iii. sig. E4^v Leaue this firck of law. 1636 W. Davenant Witts v. sig. I3^v This was such a firke of Piety, I nere heard of. 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 211 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. A pretty juvenile Ferk of Wit. 3. ? A dance; ? a partner for a dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [noun] > a dance chore1382 dance1393 measure?c1430 virlyc1430 tracec1450 platfoot1559 hop-about1593 firk1637 footing1652 ballet1786 stand-up1861 1637 J. Shirley Hide Parke ii. sig. C4^v Come choose your firke, For dance you shall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019). firkferkv. /fəːk/ Forms: α. Old English færcian, fercian, Middle English ferkien, Middle English–1500s ferke, (Middle English fark), 1600s– ferk. β. 1500s–1600s firke, (1600s firck), 1800s dialect virk, 1500s– firk. Etymology: Old English fercian , færcian , probably < fær (see fare n.¹). In Old English known only in one example in the sense ‘to bring, conduct’; but the verb fercian to support, feed, may perhaps be the same word, as this sense may have developed from that of supplying with provisions for a journey (compare fare n.¹ 8.) †1. transitive. To bring, carry, conduct; to help forward on one's way. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)] bringc950 firkOE cairc1400 arrive1489 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > to proceed firkOE helpc1200 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1009 Þet folc..færcodon [v.r. fercodon] ða scipo eft to Lundene. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3630 Þei..bisiliche fondede fast to ferke him forþward. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 295 This lord..The which upon the see she [Fortune] ferketh. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 614 The flese for to fecche, and ferke it away. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3840 So bolnet was his body, þat bu then hade ynoghe The fete of þat freke to ferke hym aboute. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6032 All necessaries..[þai] ffechit fro the flete, & ferkit to bonke. 2. †a. To urge, press hard; to drive, drive away. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > urge, press, or impel pullc1300 firk1340 enforce138. pressa1393 thrust14.. impel1490 urge1576 to put (a person) to it1581 importune1598 to lay weight upon1600 riot1777 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away feezec890 adriveeOE aflemeeOE off-driveeOE flemeOE withdrivec1000 adreveOE to drive outOE biwevea1300 chasec1300 void13.. catcha1325 firk1340 enchasec1380 huntc1385 to catch awayc1390 forcatch1393 to put offa1398 to cast awaya1400 to put outc1400 repel?a1439 exterminate1541 chasten1548 propulse1548 keir1562 hie1563 depulse1570 band1580 bandy1591 flit1595 ferret1601 profugate1603 extermine1634 1340–70 Alisaunder 66 By force of hur fight ðei firked hym ðennes. 1340–70 Alisaunder 85 [Þei] Felled þe falsse folke, ferked hem hard. 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. A4^v The red fac'd Sunne hath firkt the flundering shades. 1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. F This shall serve, To firke your Adversary from Court to Court. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 74 There is somewhat in it, that firks us more at such a nick of time to wake. b. With adverbs: To drive, force, or move sharply and suddenly off, out, up; †to cut off (some one's head). Also dialect to drive or ‘ferret’ out (vermin), to clear out (a burrow, etc.). to firk up (figurative): to stir up, rouse. †to firk to death, (out) of life: to put to death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > stir up or rouse up stirc1000 aweccheOE stirc1175 arear?c1225 awakec1315 amovec1330 araisec1374 wake1398 wakenc1400 to stir upa1500 incend?1504 to firk upc1540 bestir1549 store1552 bustlea1555 tickle1567 solicitate1568 to stir one's taila1572 exsuscitate1574 rouse1574 suscitate1598 accite1600 actuate1603 arousea1616 poach1632 roust1658 to shake up1850 to galvanize to or into life1853 to make things (or something specified) hum1884 to jack up1914 rev1945 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > behead beheadc1000 headOE for-head13.. unheadc1480 firkc1540 decollate1599 decapitate1611 decoll1649 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by beheading to lash offc1330 whipc1380 off-whipa1400 to shorten by the head1530 firkc1540 to short (a person) by the head or knees1548 neckc1712 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > trousers firk1640 york1960 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > forcibly or ignominiously eject1555 rumble1570 obtrude1595 to show (a person) the door1638 to kick downstairs1678 to kick out1697 drum1720 firk1823 to chuck out1869 bounce1877 boot1880 out-kick1883 turf1888 hoof1893 hound1922 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 145 He caste in his thoghte The freike vpon faire wise ferke out of lyue. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5260 With a fouchon felle to ferke of his hede. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12191 Þe fell kyng of Frigie I ferkid of lyue. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12362 With hor fos to be felly ferkit to dethe. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. i. sig. C4^v He..puffes his coales, Till he firke Nature, vp, in her owne center. View more context for this quotation 1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. D3^v As Tumblers doe; when betwixt every feat They gather wind, by firking up their breeches. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxvi. 308 He [the fox] will pisse vpon his tayle, and by firking that vp and downe, will endeauour..to make their eyes smarte. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. iii. Ded. 307 These vermin our friend firks out; (as the Hampshire people call it). 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 496 If I do not ferk you out of all likelihood of ringing the beauty, why mandamus me! 1878 P. Robinson In my Indian Garden 106 Not all the marigolds of Cathay will firk up Christmas spirits. 1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield Ferk, to clear out..‘Come, lass, let's ferk all them nooks out!’ †c. To contrive to get or ‘raise’ (a living); to get (money) from a person. Also, to cheat, rob (any one). to firk up: to hatch or vamp up (a business). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > put into operation to set upa1400 to firk up1604 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > struggle to gain or scrape up (money) gather1462 scratch1509 firk1604 scuffle1946 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > receive or take money > from a person firk1604 to draw upon ——1682 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore v. i. 44 As from poor clients Lawyers firke mony. a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. iv. 34 These 5 yeares she has firkt A pretty living. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. I3/2 A fine Lawyer, Sir, And would have firk'd you up a businesse, And out of this Court into that. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll2/2 Were ever fooles so ferkt? 1709 Brit. Apollo 4–9 Nov. She Firkt a Living upon Earth. †3. a. reflexive and intransitive. To urge oneself forward; to move quickly, hasten. †to firk (oneself) up: to start up, set oneself in motion. to firk out with (a sword): to draw hastily. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > move [verb (reflexive)] > cause to move or set in motion to firk (oneself) up1340 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed rempeOE fuseOE rakeOE hiec1175 i-fusec1275 rekec1275 hastec1300 pellc1300 platc1300 startc1300 buskc1330 rapc1330 rapec1330 skip1338 firk1340 chase1377 raikc1390 to hie one's waya1400 catchc1400 start?a1505 spur1513 hasten1534 to make speed1548 post1553 hurry1602 scud1602 curry1608 to put on?1611 properate1623 post-haste1628 whirryc1630 dust1650 kite1854 to get a move on1888 to hump it1888 belt1890 to get (or put) one's skates on1895 hotfoot1896 to rattle one's dags1968 shimmy1969 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] > draw (sword) > hastily to firk out with (a sword)1340 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 300 Ne foure~fotede best [we] ferke to kill. a1400–50 Alexander 766 He..Farkis to see Philip & fangis his leue. a1400–50 Alexander 926 Philip..Ferkis furth with a fewe folk. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2013 Þat oþer ferkez [MS reads ferkeȝ] hym vp & fecheȝ hym his wedeȝ. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 173 Þe fole þat he ferkkes on. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 897 Fast þe freke ferkez vp ful ferd at his hert. c1400 Melayne 484 He ferkes owte with a fawchon And hittis the Sawdane one the crownn. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6585 The freke þen in fuerse hast ferkid on horse. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 30 The bonnie Northren cobbles..with their Indian canaos..firking as flight swift thorow the glassy fieldes of Thetis, as if it were the land of yce. †b. intransitive. To move about briskly; to dance, jig; to flaunt or frisk about: to be lively, frisky, or ‘jiggish’. Also to firk it. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [verb (intransitive)] frikec1000 sail1297 dancec1300 sault1377 tripc1386 balea1400 hopc1405 foota1425 tracec1425 sallyc1440 to dance a fita1500 fling1528 to tread a measure, a dance1577 trip1578 traverse1584 move1594 to shake heels1595 to shake it1595 firk1596 tripudiate1623 pettitoe1651 step1698 jink1718 to stand up1753 bejig1821 to toe and heel (it)1828 morris1861 hoof1925 terp1945 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper leapc900 playOE floxec1200 startlec1300 trancec1374 prancec1380 tripc1386 scoupa1400 prankc1450 gambol1508 frisk?1520 jeta1529 pract1568 trounce1568 trip1578 capriole1580 lavolta1590 linch1593 curvet1595 flisk1595 firk1596 caper1598 jaunce1599 risec1599 cabre1600 jaunt1605 skit1611 to cut a caper or capersa1616 tripudiate1623 insult1652 to fike and flinga1689 scamper1691 dance1712 pranklea1717 cavort1794 jinket1823 gambado1827 caracol1861 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B4 Neuer surcease flaunting and firking it in fustian. 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe ii. sig. C4 Your dauncers legges bow for-sooth, and Caper, and Ierke, and Firke. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo2/1 They have got a stick of Fiddles, and they firke it In wondrous waies. 1631 B. Jonson Inigo Jones 79 in Wks. II How would he firke? lyke Adam Ouerdooe Vp & about? 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal v. 44 We'l frisk in our shell, We'l firk in our shell. a1679 Earl of Orrery Guzman (1693) iv. (end) Well since I am restrain'd a while from doing, I'll ferk it with thinking. 4. a. transitive. To beat, whip, lash, trounce, drub. Obsolete exc. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > beat threshOE beatc1000 to lay on?c1225 chastise1362 rapa1400 dressc1405 lack?c1475 paya1500 currya1529 coil1530 cuff1530 baste1533 thwack1533 lick1535 firka1566 trounce1568 fight1570 course1585 bumfeage1589 feague1589 lamback1589 lambskin1589 tickle1592 thrash1593 lam1595 bumfeagle1598 comb1600 fer1600 linge1600 taw1600 tew1600 thrum1604 feeze1612 verberate1614 fly-flap1620 tabor1624 lambaste1637 feak1652 flog1676 to tan (a person's) hide1679 slipper1682 liquora1689 curry-comb1708 whack1721 rump1735 screenge1787 whale1790 lather1797 tat1819 tease1819 larrup1823 warm1824 haze1825 to put (a person) through a course of sprouts1839 flake1841 swish1856 hide1875 triangle1879 to give (a person or thing) gyp1887 soak1892 to loosen (a person's) hide1902 a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Eiij^v O I had firckt him trimly thou villaine, if thou hadst geuen mee my Sword. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. iv. 27 Boy. He saies his name is Master Fer. Pist. Ile Fer him, and ferit him, and ferke him. a1625 J. Fletcher Women Pleas'd iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeee2^v/1 I have paid her, I have so ferk'd her face. 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. E A' has firkt And mumbl'd the roguie-Turkes. 1708 Brit. Apollo 10–12 Mar. Who..Bound up a tingling Rod, and firk'd his Tail. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers iv. 128 At this the Judge said, ‘Take him away, Prevaricator! I'll ferk him’. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) To firk, flagello. 1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. iv. 97 I would sooner see a poor rogue soundly firked at the post. †b. To play (a fiddle). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > play fiddle fiddle1377 firk1668 1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master iii. ii Firk your fiddles! Derivatives ˈfirking n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated jollyc1325 lightsomea1382 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 crank1499 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 cranking1567 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 aleger1590 bright-eyed1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 spirituous1601 great-stomached1607 spirity1615 spiritous1628 lifesomec1635 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 quick-set1653 airy1654 animated1660 sparklinga1704 bob1721 vivace1721 animate1801 high-lifed1859 sassy1859 chippy1865 sparky1883 high-keyed1893 high life1903 peppy1914 pepful1915 jazzy1917 upbeat1947 zappy1969 sparkly1979 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] jollyc1325 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 alive-like1582 aleger1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 sportive1595 mettled1599 alives-like1601 spirited1601 spirituous1601 mettle1606 great-stomached1607 free-spirited1613 spirity1615 spiritous1628 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 sportful1650 airy1654 animated1660 racy1671 mettlesome1673 sparklinga1704 raffing?1719 bob1721 vivace1721 alive1748 lifey1793 spunky1831 gilpie1835 bubbling1860 chippy1865 bubblesome1879 colourful1882 sparky1883 bubbly1912 jazzy1917 spritzy1973 sparkly1979 kicking1983 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective] counterfeitedc1385 counterfeitc1386 trothlessa1393 bastard1397 forged1484 apocryphate1486 adulterate?a1509 mockisha1513 sophisticate1531 adulterine1542 adulterous1547 mock1548 forbate1558 coined1582 firking1594 feigned1598 adulterated1610 apocryphal1612 spurious1615 usurpeda1616 impostured1619 mock-madea1625 suppository1641 affictitious1656 pasteboard1659 sophisticated1673 flam1678 Brummagem1679 sham1681 belieda1718 fictitious1739 Birmingham1785 pinchbeck1790 brummish1803 Brum1805 flash1812 spurious1830 bogus1839 imitative1839 dummy1846 doctored1853 postiche1854 pseudo1854 Brummagemish1855 snide1859 inauthentic1860 fake1879 bum1884 Brummie1886 tin1886 filled1887 duff1889 faked1890 shicec1890 margarine1891 dud1904 Potemkin village1904 mocked-up1919 phoney baloney1936 four-flushing1942 bodgie1956 moody1958 disauthentic1960 bodgied1988 bodgied-up1988 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > instance of threshingOE fustigation1428 breeching1520 trouncingc1550 bace1575 firking1594 belting1602 knave's grease1602 oil of baston1604 oil of birch1604 oil of hazel1604 oil of holly1604 oil of whip1604 lamb-pie1607 lamming1611 drubbing1650 vapulation1656 warming1681 floggation1688 working over1695 cullis1719 thrashing1720 halberd1756 licking1756 dressing1769 leathering1790 nointing1794 dusting1799 teasing1807 hiding1809 whopping1812 thrumming1823 toco1823 flaking1829 teaser1832 lathering1835 welting1840 pasting1851 towelling1851 whaling1852 hickory oil1855 swishing1859 slating1860 going-over1881 six of the best1912 belt beating1928 ass-kicking1943 stomping1958 seeing to1968 butt-kicking1970 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. F^v Why shoulde I goe gadding..after firking flantado Amphibologies. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E3 He would prooue a rare firking Satyrist. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iv. i. F iv She shall haue bayle..And a firking writte Of false imprisonment. a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover v. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. D3/1 No firking out at fingers ends. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 99 Give thy outward-fellow a ferking. a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 89 That I had the firking of thy Bum with Holly. ˈfirker n. one who firks. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > one who scourges or whips whipper1552 jerker1565 scourger1580 lasher1611 firkera1626 whipster1670 yarker1677 bone-polisher1803 horsewhipper1808 flagellator1824 thong-man1876 sjambokker1953 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 a1626 W. Rowley New Wonder (1632) iv. i. 51 These briske factors are notable firkers. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. i. 68 Your soberest Jades are firkers in Corners. a1668 W. Davenant Wits iii. 197 in Wks. (1673) Sir, these are the firkers of the City Fiddles. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 263 In Paul's Church-yard..dwells a noble Firker; Take heed..Lest you taste of his Lash. ˈfirkery n. (see quot. 1611). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > specific action firkery1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bichecoterie..firkerie, an odde pranke, or ierke, in whoorisme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611v.OE
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