"yark" meaning in English

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        "4": "ready, active, quick"
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    {
      "form": "yarks",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yarking",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yarked",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland",
          "text": "[...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]",
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        "To make ready; prepare."
      ],
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        "(transitive, UK dialectal) To make ready; prepare."
      ],
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        "To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To set open; open."
      ],
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To set open; open."
      ],
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        "To draw (stitches etc.) tight."
      ],
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        "To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip."
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          "ref": ", Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96",
          "text": "he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter], as cunningly as any Carter in France."
        }
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        "To crack (a whip)."
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "yerk"
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    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
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        "To make ready; prepare."
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        "(transitive, UK dialectal) To make ready; prepare."
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        "To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for."
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        "To set open; open."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To set open; open."
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        "To draw (stitches etc.) tight."
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          "text": "he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter], as cunningly as any Carter in France."
        }
      ],
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        "To crack (a whip)."
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