Kirk vs Firk - What's the difference?
kirk | firk |
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
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.firk
English
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.