Definition of Barkening

1. barken [v] - See also: barken

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barkening

bark mixture
bark up the wrong tree
barkans
barkantine
barkantines
barkbound
barkcloth
barked
barkeep
barkeeper
barkeepers
barkeeping
barkeeps
barken
barkened
barkening (current term)
barkens
barkentine
barkentines
barker
barkeries
barkers
barkery
barkhan
barkhans
barkier
barkiest
barking
barking deer
barking dogs never bite

Literary usage of Barkening

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

1. The Christian Magazine by Mendon Association (1825)
"If God instructs men ia tin manner that has been said; then they never can have any excuse for not barkening to his instructions. They often think they •ay ..."

2. Record of Christian Work edited by Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt (1908)
"How many fancy that they are barkening to God's word, while all the time they art only barkening to their own heart's lust Half a dozen pages would contain ..."

3. The American Baptist Pulpit at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century edited by Henry Thompson Louthan (1903)
"Through not barkening to God's commandments you have become an enemy to God. Through barkening to his commandments you will have peace. What commandments? ..."

4. Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Bickers and Son, Boydell Gallery (1878)
"But the officers cared little for barkening to the complaints of their prisoner, and they hurried him off, saying, " What is that to us ? ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"What he has to tell in this book of Memoirs if well worth barkening to."—[ T*t Sam, Francisco Examiner, May 24, 1908.] "Cornelius Cole, ex-Senator of the ..."

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