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   Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barked (); p. pr. & vb. n. Barking.]
   1. To strip the bark from; to peel.
   
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   2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
   
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   3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
   
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   4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, “to bark the roof of a hut”.
   
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   Bark, v. i. [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.]
   1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
   
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   2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
   
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   They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale.
   
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   Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.
   
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   Bark, n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
   
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    Bark, Barque  (), n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]
   
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   1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.  Byron.
   
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   2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
   
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