firk v OED ~ 3 b obs for sense 1; EDD ~ 1, 'move in a jerking manner; to scratch.'
   1 To move about quickly, aimlessly.
   1937 DEVINE 21 ~ to bustle about. 'What's the old man firkin' about there?' P 245-57 Firking around—pottering about.
   2 Esp of fowl and other birds, to scratch, dig, stir up (something).
   P 148-63 To cool off in the grass: 'The hens are firkin.' P 10-64 Get the besom and firk the dirt. M 68-22 We made our false faces and firked out all the old clothes we could find for mummering. C 70-21 If someone is nosy or is known to be always poking in where's he's not wanted he is said to 'be firking around.' C 71-16 He came upon a big flock of crows ferkin' in the dust.

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