cark

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Speech
cark
Definition
Verb Intransitive
Obsolete
To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.
Etymology
Meaning note
obsolete, intransitive
Verb Transitive
Obsolete
To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.
Etymology
Meaning note
obsolete, transitive
Noun 
Obsolete
A noxious or corroding worry.
Etymology
Meaning note
obsolete
Noun 
Obsolete
The state of being filled with worry.
Etymology
Meaning note
obsolete
Verb 
Eye dialect spelling of caulk.
Etymology
See Etymology section, list no.2.
Verb 
See cark it.
Etymology
See Etymology section, list no.3.
Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Other
Etymology
From Middle English carken ‎(“to be anxious”), from Old English carcian, becarcian ‎(“to be anxious, be anxious about, care for, take charge of, look after”), from car- ‎(“care”) + formative -cian ‎(suffix).
From caulk.
cark
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