Hypertext Webster Gateway: "barking"
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.
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