Chark
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chark is a noun meaning Charcoal; coke.
Meaning
Charcoal; coke.
More Meanings
- (US, Alaska) A wine glass.
- A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.
- To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.
- (Scotland) To make a grating sound.
- 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.
Example Sentences
The hoarse charking conversation which they carried on was calculated to support the delusion.
A good chark will sometimes take as many as eight or ten bustards or five or six gazelles in the course of a morning.
... so I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England, under turf, till it became chark or dry coal .
The method which the Romans now taught them of charking the coal continues eſſentially the ſame until the preſent moment.
Word Forms
- charks
- charking
- charked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coak, coke, charnico, carky, coole, petcoke.
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