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yarked

yarked is the simple past and past participle of yark.

Meaning of yark

Verb (1)

yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make ready; prepare.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To set open; open.

Verb (2)

yark (third-person singular simple present yarks, present participle yarking, simple past and past participle yarked)

  1. (transitive) To bind or draw (especially leather or stitches) tight.
    • [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland
  2. (transitive) To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
  3. (transitive) To crack (a whip).
    • he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter], as cunningly as any Carter in France., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96

Questions about yarked

What is yarked the simple past and past participle of?
Yarked is the simple past and past participle of yark.

Words near yarked in the dictionary

  1. yark
  2. Yarkand
  3. Yarkandi
  4. Yarkant
  5. yarke
  6. yarked
  7. Yarker
  8. yarkes
  9. Yarkhill
  10. yarking
  11. Yarkovsky

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