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One of the Channel Islands; notable inter alia for its local government containing one of the last vestiges of feudalism in Europe.
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A minor river in Dumfries and Galloway council area and Cumbria, forming part of the border between Scotland and England, which flows into the tidal Esk at Gretna; in full, the River Sark.
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noun
A garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland
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Synonyms: shirt, whether worn against the skin or not
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verb
To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Channel Island: Unknown, see Sercq and Wikipedia for more. River between Scotland and England: Probably derived from Proto-Brythonic *serx, of uncertain meaning and etymology but associated with "circularity".
From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), from Proto-West Germanic *sarki, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”). Cognate with Scots sark, serk (“shirt, shift”), North Frisian serk (“shirt”), Danish særk (“gown, shirt”), Swedish särk (“shirt, chemise”), Icelandic serkur (“nightshirt”).
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