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cark
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cark \Cark\ (k[aum]rk), v. i. To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cark (sometimes Cark in Cartmel ) is a village in Cumbria , England. It lies on the B5278 road to Haverthwaite (and to the A590 road ) and is ½ mile north of Flookburgh , 2 miles southwest of Cartmel and 3 miles west of Grange-over-Sands . Historically ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to be weighed down or oppresssed by cares or worries, be concerned about," early 12c., a figurative use, via Anglo-French from Old North French carkier "to load, burden," from Late Latin carcare (see charge (v.)). Compare Old North French carguer "charger," ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) A noxious or corroding worry. 2 (context obsolete English) The state of being filled with worry. vb. 1 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles. 2 (lb en obsolete transitive) ...
Usage examples of cark.
Who can say which of the carked races of man - the Elf-men of Anya and the Hoshi, the Newvanian Arhats and all the others - have attained to the godly, and which are extremely long-lived women and men wearing bizarre and sometimes beautiful bodies?
Who can say which of the carked races of man-the Elf-men of Anya and the Hoshi, the Newvanian Arhats and all the others-have attained to the godly, and which are extremely long-lived women and men wearing bizarre and sometimes beautiful bodies?
And it was Maralah who had tried to infect Ai and Pure Mind with various ohrworms and informational viruses that would cark their master programs and drive them mad.
No more the Cafe des Exiles, no more the deadly tedium of daily service at the desk of the caisse, no more the shrewish tongue of Mama Therese, the odious oglings of Papa Dupont, the ceaseless cark of discontent.
But Lopez himself, having with his friend's assistance, arranged his affairs comfortably for a month or two, had, as a first resolution, promised himself a fortnight's freedom from all carking cares.
He took some Wilson's snuff, then hawked, carked and shivered with the dour pleasure of it.
Ultimately, so Casmir told himself, these barriers must break apart if only before the sheer brutal force of his will, but meanwhile they carked at his patience and troubled the ease of his existence.
Item: you have nourished a volume of angers, carks, resentments and sore emotions beyond all estimate.
No, no, old girl, you're thinking of contract labor depots, there it doesn't matter what the carks look like as long as they can stand up and move the proper fingers or other appendages.