Chiefly dial. Also fleck. [f. FLICK sb.3]
1. trans. a. To cause the fur to fly from (a hare or rabbit); hence, to wound. b. Of a dog: To seize by the fur.
1843. J. T. Hewlett, College Life, III. xxxiii. 299. It would not interest my female readers to know how they [the dogs] ran up to their hare from out of slips, got the first turn, wrenched her, worked her about, flicked, and eventually killed her just as she was reaching her home.
1876. Surrey Provincialisms (E.D.S.), s.v. ‘You flicked him pretty much’ means, you shot him very hard.
1888. Berksh. Gloss., s.v. Vleck. ‘I vlecked a rabbut zo’s I thinks the dogs ’ull ketch un.’
2. To strip of fur. Hence, fig. To fleece, strip.
1823. Moor, Suffolk Words. ‘I fleck’t him of all his marbles.’
