Dictionary De - En
De - Es
De - Pt| English Dictionary: (stark) | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for (stark) | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
StarkStark\Stark\, adv. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, starkstarkmind. --Shak. Held him strangled in his arms till he was starkstarkdead. --Fuller. {StarkStarknaked}, wholly naked; quite bare. Strip your sword starkstarknaked. --Shak. Note: According to Professor Skeat, [bd]stark-naked[b8] is derived from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology be true the preferable form is stark-naked. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
StarkStark\Stark\, a. [Compar. {Starker}; superl. {Starkest}.] [OE. starkstarkstiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[91]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta[a3]rknan to become dried up, Lith. str[89]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf. {Starch}, a. & n.] 1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer. Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark. --Spenser. His heart gan wax as starkstarkas marble stone. --Spenser. Many a nobleman lies starkstarkand stiff Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. --Shak. The north is not so starkstarkand cold. --B. Jonson. 2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.] Consider the starkstarksecurity The common wealth is in now. --B. Jonson. 3. Strong; vigorous; powerful. A stark, moss-trooping Scot. --Sir W. Scott. StarkStarkbeer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. & Fl. 4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] [bd]In starke stours.[b8] [i. e., in fierce combats]. --Chaucer. 5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright. He pronounces the citation starkstarknonsense. --Collier. Rhetoric is very good or starkstarknaught; there's no medium in rhetoric. --Selden. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
StarkStark\Stark\, v. t. To stiffen. [R.] If horror have not starked your limbs. --H. Taylor. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
|
Stark, KS (city, FIPS 68025) Location: 37.68955 N, 95.14332 W Population (1990): 79 (42 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66775 | |
