English Dictionary: Bark! | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for Bark! | |
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. |