GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 4 definitions

1.       
   Bark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barked (); p. pr. & vb. n. Barking.]
   To strip the bark from; to peel.
   1913 Webster
   To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
   1913 Webster
   To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
   1913 Webster
   To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
   1913 Webster
         
       

2.       
   Bark, v. i. [OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break.]
   To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
   1913 Webster
   To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
   1913 Webster
   They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics.
   Tyndale.
   
   1913 Webster
   Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed.
   Fuller.
   
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

3.       
   Bark, n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
   1913 Webster
         
       

4.       
   { Bark, Barque  } , n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]
   1913 Webster
   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.
   
   1913 Webster
   (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
   1913 Webster