Definition of "cark" in Englisch

verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be filled with worry, solicitude, or troubles.

2. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To bring worry, vexation, or anxiety.

   • Carnal pleasures are the sins of youth: ambition and the love of power, the sins of middle age: covetousness and carking cares, the crimes of old age.

3. (archaic, intransitive) To labor anxiously.

noun

1. (obsolete) A noxious or corroding worry.

2. (obsolete) The state of being filled with worry.

verb

1. Pronunciation spelling of caulk.