Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To creak; crack; emit a creaking sound.
- To crack open; chap; chop.
- noun Charcoal.
- To subject to a process of smothered combustion, for the production of charcoal; char. See
char , which is the usual word. - [Appar. a particular use of the preceding; cf.
burn , verb, I., 7.] To expose (new ale) to the air in an open vessel until it acquires a degree of acidity and therewith becomes clearer and sourer, fit for drinking. - noun The fire-drill; an instrument for producing fire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Charcoal; a cinder.
- transitive verb obsolete To burn to a coal; to char.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Charcoal ;coke . - noun A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire-drill.
- noun US, Alaska A wine glass.
- noun A variety of hunting bird.
- verb To reduce by strong heat, as to produce
charcoal orcoke ; tocalcine . - verb Scotland To make a grating sound.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This instrument is called a chark, and is still used in South Africa,31 in Australia, in Sumatra, and among the Veddahs of Ceylon.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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It wasn't usually 'of course,' but Joste had served under Kunnos for a long time, long enough to trust his discretion even in N'chark's clan matters.
Youngling A Terran Empire story Ann Wilson
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Also, Hooman goz into cayj, cayj goes into salsa, Charks in the salsa, r chark
My client haz informed me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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Ai sez, takes bukkit AND chark to courts of apeels…. bore chark to deth wif endless, droning oral argoomnt!
My client haz informed me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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Mebbeh I shud charg … *goes to awsk chark lolyer in otha thred*
invisible frozen pole - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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We hiked out of Velingrad to Stariya chark, found a place along a creek, and made a fire to roast pig fat and peppers.
Sunday, a Bulgarian picnic Eric Wiley 2004
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We hiked out of Velingrad to Stariya chark, found a place along a creek, and made a fire to roast pig fat and peppers.
Archive 2004-08-01 Eric Wiley 2004
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[TO BE CONTINUED] [Footnote 12: Pronounced _Argyud-chark_; literally, "hen-money."]
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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So I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England under turf, till it became chark, or dry cool; and then putting the fire out, I preserved the coal to carry home, and perform the other services which fire was wanting for at home, without danger of smoke.
Robinson Crusoe 1895
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So I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England under turf, till it became chark, or dry cool; and then putting the fire out, I preserved the coal to carry home, and perform the other services which fire was wanting for at home, without danger of smoke.
Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1895
qms commented on the word chark
The true scout finds hardship a lark.
His canoe he constructs out of bark;
He laughs at the weather
In his tepee of leather
And his campfire he starts with a chark.
November 30, 2014
alexz commented on the word chark
charknado?
December 1, 2014