English Dictionary: Cark | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for Cark | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cark \Cark\, n. [OE. cark, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge; cf. W. carc anxiety, care, Arm karg charge, burden. See {Charge}, and cf. {Cargo}.] A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.] His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. --Spenser. Fling cark and care aside. --Motherwell. Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. --R. D. Blackmore. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cark \Cark\, v. i. To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cark \Cark\, v. t. To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.] Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. --South. |