dial. Also fleck. [var. of FLIX.] The fur of a hare or rabbit, etc.; hence collect. hares and rabbits. Cf. FEATHER sb. 4.
1811. Sporting Mag., XXXIX. Dec., 140/1. The black [cat], had lost a very large proportion of his flick, and nearly half his tail; while the white appeared very gaily, with only one slit ear and a bloody nose.
1840. Spurdens, Supp. to Voc. E. Anglia, Flick, hare’s or rabbit’s down.
1887. Kent Gloss., Fleck, hares; rabbits; ground game. ‘They killed over two hundred pheasants, but not but terr’ble little fleck.’
