yark

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English ȝarken, ȝerken, from Old English ġearcian (to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply), Proto-West Germanic *garwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *garwakōną (to prepare), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (to grab, take, rake), equivalent to yare +‎ -k. Related to Old English ġearc (ready, active, quick), ġearu (prepared, ready, equipped, complete, finished, yare). More at yare.

Verb

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yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To make ready; prepare.
    • 1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland:
      [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To set open; open.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare jerk etc.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

  1. To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
  2. To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
  3. To crack (a whip).

Anagrams

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Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English arke, from Old English ærc, from Latin arca (chest, box, coffer). Compare also yart (art).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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yark

  1. (figurative) barn
    Synonym: barrn

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 79