Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissle
Literary usage of Fissle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1904)
"122, he tells the story of the operatic singers and corps de ballet who “fissle
and loup” etc., and he interprets fissle as “make whistling noises. ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"Destitute of substance, or pith, SV Fui- MV To fissle, r n. 1. To make a slight
continued noise; to rustle, 8. ..."
3. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"N'hamp. Pisses [fis-iz], sb. pi. Var. pron. of ' fists.' N'hamp., Shrop. Hal.
Diet, says, ' Various dialects.' fissle [fisi], vn To fidget. ..."
4. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"... she is considered unpropitious, be she lovely as an angel. fissle ... FIZZLE,
or fissle, a jocular name for a mistake of ..."
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