fisk

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I love a good fisk, and Jay can sometimes be the "fiskiest".

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  1. To jump about; bustle or frisk about. And what frek of thys folde fisketh thus a-boute, With a bagge at hus bak a begeneldes wyse? Piers Plowman (C), x. 153. Trotiere, a fisking huswife, a ranging damsel, a gadding or wandering fiirt. Cotgrave. Himself doth ambush in a bushy Thorn; Then in a Caue, then in a field of Corn, Creeps to and fro, and fisketh in and out, And yet the safety of each place doth doubt. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Imposture.

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  • For some reason, I feel like a fisk, something I'm not sure I've ever done, and if I have, it's been a long time. —  CЯЦISIИG DOШИ ТНЕ СОДST OF THE HIGH БДЯБДЯEE
  • I love a good fisk, and Jay can sometimes be the "fiskiest". —  ProLifeBlogs
  • I cannot be bothered to fisk, alas, for I shall miss my paint drying show, but I do feel that a few sentences could be highlighted. —  The Devil's Kitchen
  • I'm tempted to give it a line by line fisk, but it's so poor as to hardly warrant the effort. —  Iain Dale's Diary
  • (Oct 20 2008 19: 56 GMT) i'm now an official volunteer at fisk, a fair trade cafe / boutique in town. i've got three —  We Blog A Lot
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  1. from Middle English fisken, wander about, be in constant motion, from Swedish fjeska, fisk, fidge, fidget. Associated in sense, but not in etymological form, with fike, fig, fidge, etc., and frisk, whisk.
 

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