Definition of "chark" in English

noun

1. Charcoal; coke.

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.

3. (US, Alaska) A wine glass.

4. A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.

verb

1. To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.

   • 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.

verb

1. (Scotland) To make a grating sound.