Definition of Barken

1. a. Made of bark.

Definition of Barken

1. Adjective. (poetic) Made of bark. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To become hard ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barken

1. to dry up in a barky crust [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barken

bark beetles
bark louse
bark mixture
bark up the wrong tree
barkans
barkantine
barkantines
barkbound
barkcloth
barked
barkeep
barkeeper
barkeepers
barkeeping
barkeeps
barken (current term)
barkened
barkening
barkens
barkentine
barkentines
barker
barkeries
barkers
barkery
barkhan
barkhans
barkier
barkiest
barking

Literary usage of Barken

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1841)
"... more sinnes in my soule then heares on my head, if I have beene tedious in my lecture, or you be weary of your lesson, barken no longer ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Taylor'i Wortes, 1630. BARKING-DOGS bite not. This proa PL, ш, 43. The greatest barken bite not sorest ; or, dogs that АДГ* at a distance bite not at hand. ..."

3. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1875)
"Barnes—" barken. AS Bern, barley or barley straw, and tun, a yard. ... [Ray quotes Skinner's derivations of barken, viz. from vb. to bar, or from AS beor- ..."

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