Firk
Firk , transitive verb
[Compare Old English ferken to proceed, hasten, Anglo-Saxon fercian to bring, assist; perh. akin to faran to go, English fare.]
To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obsolete]
I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
Firk , intransitive verb
To fly out; to turn out; to go off. [Obsolete]
A wench is a rare bait, with which a man
No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.B.Jonson.
Firk , noun
A freak; trick; quirk. [Obsolete] — Ford