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Webster 1913 Edition
Cark
Cark
(kärk)
, Noun.
[OE.
cark
, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge
; cf. W. carc
anxiety, care, Arm karg
charge, burden. See Charge
, and cf. Cargo
.] A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.
[Archaic.]
His heavy head, devoid of careful
cark
. Spenser.
Fling
cark
and care aside. Motherwell.
Freedom from the cares of money and the
cark
of fashion. R. D. Blackmore.
Cark
(kärk)
, Verb.
I.
To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve.
[R.]
Beau. & Fl.
Cark
,Verb.
T.
To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry.
[R.]
Nor can a man, independently . . . of God’s blessing, care and
cark
himself one penny richer. South.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cark
CARK
,Noun.
CARK
,Verb.
I.