sark
noun
any long, shirtlike garment worn next to the skin, as a chemise, nightshirt, or the like.
sark
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[sahrk]
/ sɑrk /
noun
Scot. and North England.
Sark
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[sahrk]
/ sɑrk /
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Sark
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/ sɑːk /
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sark
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/ særk /
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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sark
before 900; Middle English; Old English serc; cognate with Old Norse serkr ( cf. berserk)
Example Sentences
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She neist brought a sark o’ the saftest silk, Well wrought wi’ pearles about the ban’; Says, ‘Gin ye will be my ain true love, This goodly gift you sal comman’.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
He keepit naething on but his inside sark, an' his drawers, an' a pair o' slippers, an' aff he set to rin ootby to the targets an' back.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
‘When thou hast gotten thy turns well done, Then come to me and get thy sark then.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
Shark and Sharkey I take to be the same name as Sere in the Liber Vitæ, from A.S. serc, Sco. "sark," shirt, in the sense of a shirt of mail.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
At the hinder end he got a clearness in his mind, sat up in his sark on the bed-side, an’ fell thinkin’ ance mair o’ the black man an’ Janet.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Future Sark was launched with a presentation at Island Hall, which was attended by the lieutenant governor of Guernsey and an estimated 100 islanders.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
Those who have seen “Tron” will recognize that Julian’s suit resembles that of Sark, the villainous program written by Ed Dillinger, who led the original film’s Master Control Program army.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
In “Tron,” Sark was played by David Warner, who also portrayed Ed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
A Sark shop worker says she will have to turn off some of the store's freezers due to electricity prices almost doubling.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
The Court of Sark, which has undergone many strange vicissitudes since its institution in 1579, consists of the seneschal, or judge, the prévôt and the greffier, all appointed by the feudal lord, or seigneur.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
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