| cark (kärk) tr. & intr.v. carked, cark·ing, carks To burden or be burdened with trouble; worry. n. A worry; a trouble: carks and cares. [Middle English carken, from Norman French carquier, to burden, load, from Late Latin carric  re; see cargo.] |
cark1
n & vb
an archaic word for worry [1] [2] [11] [13]
[C13 carken to burden, from Old Northern French carquier, from Late Latin carricāre to load]
cark2
vb
(intr) Austral slang to break down; die
[perhaps from the cry of the crow, as a carrion feeding bird]
Cark a load or weight of three to four hundred-weight; a burden.
Examples: cark of alum, 1473; of anxiety; of ginger, 1502; of pepper; of wool, 1637.
cark - The noun means "solicitude or sympathetic feeling"; the verb means to fret anxiously or to cause distress or worry.
See also related terms for worry.
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cark - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
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