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Kirk vs Firk - What's the difference?

kirk | firk |

As nouns the difference between kirk and firk

is that kirk is a church while firk is a stroke; lash.

As a proper noun Kirk

is the Presbyterian Church of Scotland.

As a verb firk is

to carry away or about; carry; move.

kirk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Northern England, and, Scotland) a church.
  • ----

    firk

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) firken, .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To carry away or about; carry; move.
  • To drive away.
  • (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.
  • I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. - Shakespeare : IV, iv
  • To rouse; raise up.
  • To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • A wench is a rare bait, with which a man / No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stroke; lash.
  • Etymology 2

    Frobably an alteration of freak.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A freak; trick; quirk.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)