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Webster 1913 Edition


Yark

Yark

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Verb.
T.
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I.
To yerk.
[Prov. Eng.]

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yark

yark

English

Verb

yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To make ready; prepare.
    • 1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland:
      [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To set open; open.
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Etymology 2

Origin uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare jerk etc.

Alternative forms

Verb

yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

  1. To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
  2. To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
  3. To crack (a whip).

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