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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
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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