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Definition of Charking
1. chark [v] - See also: chark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charking
Literary usage of Charking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports and Notes of Cases on Letters Patent for Inventions [1601-1843] by Great Britain, Courts, Thomas Webster, Great Britain Courts (1844)
"... Iron and other Metals with Stone Coal and other Coals without charking (b).
... charking thereof: Be it therefore enacted by this present parliament and ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Patents for Useful Inventions in the United States by George Ticknor Curtis, Thomas Webster (1854)
"... AD 1651, had exclusive privilege, under an act of the Commonwealth, for melting
iron and other metals with stone coal without charking. Pat. Cases, 35. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"10. Chark, v. to line a well with stone» or bricks. ' Saint John well is all
chark'd wi' gravil stones.' charking, the lining of a well. ..."
4. Coal Catechism by William Jasper Nicolls (1914)
"... issued in 1633 to several parties for "charking" coal and smelting iron. 618.
What is meant by " charking " ? The verb "chark" means "to burn to a black ..."
5. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, [during the Commonwealth by Great Britain Public Record Office (1881)
"... to the Protector, for a patent for 14« years for the sole exercise of charking
or calcining coal, having newly found out a way to chark Newcastle coal, ..."
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