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Flask vs Flisk - What's the difference?

flask | flisk |

As nouns the difference between flask and flisk

is that flask is pork (meat of a pig) while flisk is (scotland) a caper; a spring; a whim.

As a verb flisk is

(scotland|obsolete) to frisk; to skip; to caper.

flask

English

(wikipedia flask)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.
  • A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.
  • (sciences) Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base.
  • (engineering) A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds.
  • A bed in a gun carriage.
    • (Bailey)

    flisk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A caper; a spring; a whim.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland, obsolete) To frisk; to skip; to caper.
  • * Gosson
    • The flisking flies.
    (Webster 1913)