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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Cark

/(kärk)/ · IPA /kɑː(ɹ)k/
01 n. A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.
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    A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.[Archaic.]
    “His heavy head, devoid of careful cark.” — Spenser.
    “Fling cark and care aside.” — Motherwell.
    “Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion.” — R. D. Blackmore.
02 v. i. To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve.
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    To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve.[R.]
03 v. t. To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry.
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    To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry.[R.]
    “Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer.” — South.