cark

[ kahrk ]

noun

1. care or worry.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to worry.

cark

¹

/ kɑːk /

noun

1. an archaic word for worry worry worry worry

cark

²

/ kɑːk /

verb

1. slang.
   intr to break down; die

Word History and Origins

Origin of cark¹

1250–1300; Middle English carken to be anxious, Old English becarcian, apparently derivative of car- (base of caru care ) + -k suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of cark¹

C13 carken to burden, from Old Northern French carquier, from Late Latin carricāre to load

Origin of cark²

perhaps from the cry of the crow, as a carrion feeding bird

Example Sentences

The old, old earth is glad to turn from the cark and care of driftless centuries to the first sweet blades of green.

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Alpine tourists often employ this contrivance when they start from their bivouac in the cark morning.

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For two wretched, suspicious, anxious days did this doubt cark at the captain's heart.

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The nervous, excitable temper has helped the fret and cark of ambitious life.

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It's easy for you to go joking, having neither cark nor care: that is no way to treat the second best match in Ireland!

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