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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SQUIRK, v. 1. To make a sharp, squeaking sound. Rare in Eng. or U.S.Lnk. 1818 A. Fordyce Country Wedding 37:
[The fiddler] quick and more quick gars his catgut squirk.

2. To squirt out liquid suddenly (Slg., Fif., Lnk. 1971).m.Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 20:
Soddy-water in a sighfone — nesty things; naething but a whiffle of wind, or else squirkin' all over the cloth and making a mess.