tr. & intr.v. carked, cark·ing, carks Archaic To burden or be burdened with trouble; worry. n. A worry; a trouble: carks and cares. [Middle English carken, from Norman French carquier, to burden, load, from Late Latin carricāre; see CARGO.] |
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