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.
Ereedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion.
R. D. Blackmore.
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Cark (?), v. i.
To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve.
[R.]
Beau. & fl.
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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.
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