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yarking

yarking is the present participle and gerund 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 yarking

What is yarking the present participle and gerund of?
Yarking is the present participle and gerund of yark.

Words near yarking in the dictionary

  1. yarke
  2. yarked
  3. Yarker
  4. yarkes
  5. Yarkhill
  6. yarking
  7. Yarkovsky
  8. Yarkovsky effect
  9. Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack effect
  10. yarks
  11. yarl

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