dial. Also querk. [Imitative.] To grunt, groan, croak, etc.; to grumble.
1746. Exmoor Scolding (E. D. S.), 43. Thee art a crewnting, querking,… chockling Baggage.
1787. Grose, Prov. Gloss., Quirking, Complaining. Wilts.
1830. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. IV. (1863), 195. The poor little lass … sighed, and quirked, and fidgeted, and seemed ready to cry.
1886–. in dial. glossaries (Surrey, Berks, Wilts, Som., etc.).
1894. E. H. Barker, Two Summers in Guyenne, 289. Green frogs … quirked defiance from the banks.
