"cark" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɑː(ɹ)k/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cark.wav [Southern-England] Forms: carks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Middle English carken, also charken (“to be anxious, worry; to load (sth.); to bear (crops)”), from Old Northern French carquier (“to load, worry”), from Latin carricāre (“to load”). Compare Old French chargier (“to load”); thus a doublet of charge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|carken}} Middle English carken, {{m|enm|charken||to be anxious, worry; to load (sth.); to bear (crops)}} charken (“to be anxious, worry; to load (sth.); to bear (crops)”), {{der|en|fro-nor|carquier||to load, worry}} Old Northern French carquier (“to load, worry”), {{der|en|la|carrico|carricāre|t=to load}} Latin carricāre (“to load”), {{cog|fro|chargier||to load}} Old French chargier (“to load”), {{doublet|en|charge|nocap=1}} doublet of charge Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cark (countable and uncountable, plural carks)
  1. (obsolete) A noxious or corroding worry. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cark-en-noun-rEsiF1-h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 2 3 18 35
  2. (obsolete) The state of being filled with worry. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cark-en-noun-TNqvZRiA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 2 3 18 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɑː(ɹ)k/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cark.wav [Southern-England] Forms: carks [present, singular, third-person], carking [participle, present], carked [participle, past], carked [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From Middle English carken, also charken (“to be anxious, worry; to load (sth.); to bear (crops)”), from Old Northern French carquier (“to load, worry”), from Latin carricāre (“to load”). Compare Old French chargier (“to load”); thus a doublet of charge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|carken}} Middle English carken, {{m|enm|charken||to be anxious, worry; to load (sth.); to bear (crops)}} charken (“to be anxious, worry; to load (sth.); to bear (crops)”), {{der|en|fro-nor|carquier||to load, worry}} Old Northern French carquier (“to load, worry”), {{der|en|la|carrico|carricāre|t=to load}} Latin carricāre (“to load”), {{cog|fro|chargier||to load}} Old French chargier (“to load”), {{doublet|en|charge|nocap=1}} doublet of charge Head templates: {{en-verb}} cark (third-person singular simple present carks, present participle carking, simple past and past participle carked)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cark-en-verb-5QbF9--z
  2. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-cark-en-verb-FJhQj9yY
  3. (archaic, intransitive) To labor anxiously. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cark-en-verb-4OAqkd4v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 2 3 18 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɑː(ɹ)k/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cark.wav [Southern-England] Forms: carks [present, singular, third-person], carking [participle, present], carked [participle, past], carked [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k Etymology: From caulk. Etymology templates: {{m|en|caulk}} caulk Head templates: {{en-verb}} cark (third-person singular simple present carks, present participle carking, simple past and past participle carked)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of caulk. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: caulk Related terms: cark it
    Sense id: en-cark-en-verb-QQQ1pYOS Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 2 3 18 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(archaic, intransitive) To labor anxiously."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1832, William Motherwell, They Come! The Merry Summer Months",
          "text": "Fling cark and care aside.",
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        "The state of being filled with worry."
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        "(obsolete) The state of being filled with worry."
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    },
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      "form": "carking",
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    },
    {
      "form": "carked",
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    {
      "form": "carked",
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