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Definition of Flisk
1. v. i. To frisk; to skip; to caper.
2. n. A caper; a spring; a whim.
Definition of Flisk
1. Noun. (Scotland) A caper; a spring; a whim. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flisk
1. to skip [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: skip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flisk
Literary usage of Flisk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lithology of Edinburgh by John Fleming, John Duns (1859)
"flisk—Lectures on Chemistry—Habit of the Eye—Mineralogy of St Andrews ... On the
presentation of Lord Dundas he was translated to flisk, Fifeshire, ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"He was preferred to the ecclesiastical appointment of official of Lothian, and
afterwards became rector of flisk, a parish in his native county. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by David Brewster, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Jameson, Wernerian Natural History Society (1825)
"... Minister of flisk. (Communicated by the Author.) J\. CONSIDERABLE degree of
uncertainty seems to prevail with regard to the number of species of the ..."
4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1828)
"Minister of flisk, Fifeshire ; and Author of the " Philosophy of Zoology."
This very important work, which has just appeared, we consider as infinitely ..."
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