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wark

Word definitions for wark in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wark may refer to: Wark (river) , a river in Luxembourg WARK (AM) , talk radio station in Hagerstown, Maryland Wark on Tweed , a village in Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough, Carham Parish, in the north of England bordering Scotland Wark on Tyne , a village in ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context UK dialectal Northern England Scotland English) pain; ache. Etymology 2 vb. (context intransitive English) To be in pain; ache. Etymology 3 n. (context obsolete chiefly Scotland English) A building.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wark \Wark\, n. [See Work .] Work; a building. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.

Usage examples of wark.

One neet as aw trudged throo mi wark, Thinks aw, nah mi labor is done, Aw feel just inclined for a lark, For its long sin aw had onny fun.

We gat on varry weel for a bit, An aw stuck to mi wark like a man, An enjoying mi hooam, thear awd sit, As a chap at works hard nobbut can.

An tha grumels at hooam if we chonce to be thrang, When tha comes throo thi wark of a neet.

The carriage bounced and wobbled and shook and when after crossing the Tyne they took the road to Wark by way of Chollerford she was well into her third and fourth thoughts about the advantages of broughams.

Shortly after Wark they turned down a half-metalled track that led along a nicely wooded valley towards a large and handsome house set in a spacious garden.

But wark wor scarce, an wages low, An mait an drink wor dear, They did ther best to struggle on, As year crept after year.

I turned Barbe due west toward Wark, telling myself that Sir Oliver must know of the coming of the Scots already and that it would not matter if I slept the night in Wark.

Sir Oliver said no word of blame over my leaving Alnwick and he was glad of my news, for he had heard nothing about the Scots being so near as Wark, but I could see he was troubled by my coming.

Scotland, we learned that he had relieved a siege at Wark, discovering among those killed and taken prisoner a number of men from Cumbria.

From the adherents of those who had been killed or captured in the force besieging Wark, the king demanded total submission, offering them only life, the clothing they were wearing, and their arms when they went into exile.

Your father and your brother are dead, killed at Wark in open rebellion.

The king was not at Wark, nor I, but Sir Malcolm and Sir Donald must have been marked by one who knew them.

Arlian had to hang on the rope for two or three minutes, holding the heavy cart up, while Wark raked out the ore.

Rumind, looked at Arlian, then at his companions, Wark, Olneor, and Elbows.

For amongst our own folk there arc my Lord Grey of Wark, Wade, Dare of Taunton, Ayloffe, Holmes, Hollis, Goodenough, and others whom thou shalt know.