carking

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Verb

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carking

  1. present participle and gerund of cark

Adjective

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carking (comparative more carking, superlative most carking)

  1. (archaic) Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).

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Noun

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carking (plural carkings)

  1. (archaic) Wearying; distress.
    • 1705, Anthony Horneck, The Crucified Jesus, page 419:
      What anxious cares and carkings have gnaw'd thy Breast, when Ravens and dumb Creatures have committed themselves to God's Wisdom and Goodness?

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