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Definition of Charked
1. chark [v] - See also: chark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charked
Literary usage of Charked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the History and Art of Warming and Ventilating Rooms and Buildings by Robert Stuart, Walter Bernan (1845)
"When the charked coal in the fire-cage burned deadly, the stop was placed so as
to let ... In 1658, he sent some of his charked fuel, " with his new- FIG. ..."
2. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1722)
"I have feen Turf charked; and then it ... and as I have been informed, will ferve
to make it in a Bloomery or Iron-work. Turf charked I reckon the ..."
3. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, John Eames, John Martyn (1716)
"... and not as yet found Stone-Сол/ fave in few Places, we could hardly live
without fome Bogs. \ have feen Turf charked -, and then it ..."
4. The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825)
"... they cut it into square pieces, and pile it up to dry beside the house.
In some places it has an offensive smell. It is like wood charked for the smith. ..."
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