dial. [Cf. FICKLE a. 1 b.] trans. a. To puzzle. b. (see quot. 1736.)
1567. [implied in FICKLE-FORCE].
1736. Pegge, Kenticisms, Fickle, to fickle a person in the head with this or that, to put it into his head; in a baddish sense.
1816. Scott, Antiq., xxxix. ‘She may come to fickle us a’.’
1859. Smiles, Self-Help, 49. Then other questions were put to ‘fickle’ him.
