A small windy escape backwards, more obvious to the nose than ears; frequently by old ladies charged on their lap-dogs. See FIZZLE.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
to fib * fid of tobaccoNathan Bailey's 1721 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes