Yark
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /jɑːk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Yark is a verb meaning (transitive, obsolete) To make ready; prepare.
Meaning
(transitive, obsolete) To make ready; prepare.
More Meanings
- (transitive, obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
- (transitive, obsolete) To set open; open.
- To bind or draw (especially leather or stitches) tight.
- To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
- To crack (a whip).
Example Sentences
[...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]
he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter], as cunningly as any Carter in France.
Word Forms
- yarks
- yarking
- yarked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include get ready, ready, able, graith, dite, prepare.
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