Sc. and north. [f. FUNK v.3]

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  1.  A kick.

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1808–80.  in Jamieson.

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1838.  J. Halley, in Life (1842), 145. He placed his hand … unluckily just on the spot where Mr. Pony is rather touchy. Sundry vehement funks … were the immediate consequence.

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  2.  Ill-humor, passion.

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1808–80.  Jamieson, s.v., In a funk, in a surly state, or in a fit of passion. Loth.

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1892.  Northumbld. Gloss., s.v., ‘The gaffer’s in a fine funk.’

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