GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   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.]
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   His heavy head, devoid of careful cark.
   Spenser.
   
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   Fling cark and care aside.
   Motherwell.
   
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   Freedom 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 troubled 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.]
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   Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer.
   South.
   
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