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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cark \Cark\, verb (used with an object) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cark \Cark\ (k[aum]rk), noun [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.]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cark \Cark\ (k[aum]rk), verb (used without an object) To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cark
verb: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: {perturb}, {unhinge}, {disquiet}, {trouble}, {distract}, {disorder}]
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