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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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FISS, v. To make a hissing, fizzing noise (Abd.²⁷ 1951). Also used int. as a call to drive cats away (Per. 1915 Wilson L. Strathearn 261).Kcd. 1867 Stonehaven Jnl. (29 Aug.):
He fastened a squib to the Dominie's wig, Which fissin' an' footin', wi' mony a crack, Sair singit that same.Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 119:
We're intae anither tonnel, wi' the train rummlin' like thunner an' fissin' like a score o' hill eels.