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Webster 1913 Edition

Frisk

Frisk

,
Adj.
[OF.
frieque
, cf. OHG.
frise
lively, brisk, fresh, Dan. & Sw.
frisk
, Icel.
friskr
. See
Fresh
,
Adj.
]
Lively; brisk; frolicsome; frisky.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.

Frisk

,
Adj.
A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
Johnson.

Frisk

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Frisked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Frisking
.]
To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
The
frisking
satyrs on the summits danced.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Frisk

FRISK

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To leap; to skip; to spring suddenly one way and the other.
The fish fell a frisking in the net.
2.
To dance, skip and gambol in frolic and gaiety.
The frisking satyrs on the summits danced.
In vain to frisk or climb he tries.

FRISK

,
Adj.
Lively; brisk; blithe.

FRISK

,
Noun.
A frolic; a fit of wanton gaiety.

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