noun
Meaning 1
Charcoal; coke.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
chark
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/t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k
noun
Meaning 2
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.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A wine glass.
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Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Alaska
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noun
Meaning 4
A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1749, John Lowthorp, Royal Society of Great Britain, The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the end of the year MDCC, 5th Edition, I have seen Turf chark'd, and then it serves to work Iron, and, as I have been inform'd will serve to make it in a Bloomery or Iron-work. Turf chark'd I reckon the sweetest and wholesomest Fire that can be, fitter for a Chamber and consumptive People, than either Wood, Stone-Coal or Charcoal.
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verb
Meaning 6
To make a grating sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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History
Etymology
A back-formation from charcoal (interpreted as chark coal).
Cognate with Scots chork, from Middle English charken, cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, variant of cracian (“to resound, make an abrasive sound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crack, crackle; to shriek”). Doublet of chirk, crack, and crake.