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Webster 1913 Edition


Wark

Wark

,
Noun.
[See
Work
.]
Work; a building.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wark

WARK

,
Noun.
Work; a building. [It is obsolete, except in bulwark.]

Definition 2024


Wark

Wark

See also: wark, wārk-, and wärk-

German Low German

Noun

Wark n (plural Warken)

  1. work; act; deed; works
  2. that which is made; product
  3. that whereby a thing is made; mechanism
  4. a factory; plant

Derived terms

Related terms

wark

wark

See also: Wark, wārk-, and wärk-

English

Noun

wark (plural warks)

  1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Pain; ache.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English werken, warchen, from Old English wærcan (to be in pain). Cognate with Swedish värka (to ache, pain), Icelandic verkja (to pain). See above.

Verb

wark (third-person singular simple present warks, present participle warking, simple past and past participle warked)

  1. (intransitive) To be in pain; ache.

Etymology 3

See work.

Noun

wark (plural warks)

  1. (obsolete, chiefly Scotland) A building.
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Kashubian

Noun

wark m

  1. business
  2. profession

Scots

Noun

wark (plural warks)

  1. work