Bark : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bark	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Bark
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bark n tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants a noise resembling the bark of a dog a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts Synonym(s): bark, barque the sound made by a dog v speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" cover with bark remove the bark of a tree Synonym(s): bark, skin make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger" tan (a skin) with bark tannins
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bark \Bark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Barked} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Barking}.] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. 2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel. 3. To girdle. See {Girdle}, v. t., 3. 4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bark \Bark\, v. i. [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.] 1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs. 2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. --Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bark \Bark\, n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bark \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See {Barge}.] 1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. --Byron. 2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.