▪ I. † ˈflasker, n. Obs.—1
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
(See quot.)
| 1816 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 133 The smugglers, or, as they are styled from the manner of conveying the whisky, Flaskers..They entered a house and deposited their laden flasks. |
▪ II. † flasker, v. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈflæskə(r))
[Onomatopœic, with frequentative suffix common in vbs. expressing agitated motion; cf. flask v.1]
1. intr. To flap about (as a fish); to flutter (as a bird); to flounder.
| 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. vii. §5 (1689) 76 Hale him not too near the top of the Water, lest by flaskering he break your Line. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) Lanc. Dialect Wks. (1775) 29 Deawn coom I..i'th Wetur..on flaskert int' eh geete how'd on o Sawgh. 1888 Sheffield Gloss., Flasker, to struggle, to flutter as a bird does its wings. |
2. trans. To smother, stifle; also, to bewilder.
| 1818 R. Wilbraham Cheshire Gloss., Flasker, to choke, or stifle; a person lying in the mud and unable to extricate himself, is said to be flaskered. 1884 Cheshire Gloss., ‘For goodness sake, childer, howd yer din, aw'm fair flaskert wi' th' nize.’ |