Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cark"

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.

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cark
v : 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" [syn: {perturb}, {unhinge}, {disquiet},
{trouble}, {distract}, {disorder}]


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