Firk vs Fir - What's the difference?
firk | fir |
To carry away or about; carry; move.
To drive away.
(obsolete) To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.
To rouse; raise up.
To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
* Ben Jonson
(chiefly, countable, British) Any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''Abies ).
(chiefly, countable, US) A conifer of the genus Abies .
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* 1991 , (Paul Chadwick), Concrete: American Christmas , Dark Horse Books
(uncountable) Wood of such trees.
As nouns the difference between firk and fir
is that firk is a stroke; lash or firk can be a freak; trick; quirk while fir is (chiefly|countable|british) any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a scots pine, pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''abies ).As a verb firk
is to carry away or about; carry; move.firk
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Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) firken, .Verb
(en verb)- I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare : IV, iv
- A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.
Etymology 2
Frobably an alteration of freak.Derived terms
* (l)fir
English
(wikipedia fir)Noun
- I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.