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noun

Bark n.

1.

The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.

2.

Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Bark bed. See Bark stove (below).

Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning.

Bark stove (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.

Bark n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.

Barque, Bark n.

1.

Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

2.

(Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

verb

Bark v. t. (past & past part. barked; pres. part. barking)

1.

To strip the bark from; to peel.

2.

To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

3.

To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.

4.

To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.

Bark v. i.

1.

To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; said of some animals, but especially of dogs.

2.

To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. "They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics." "Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed."

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"Bark" Quotes from Famous Books

... opposed to the above, are the Negrillos, who live in the mountains and thick forests which abound in these islands. The latter are a barbarous race who live on the fruits and roots of the forests. They go naked, covering only the privies with some articles called bahaques, made from the bark of trees. They wear no other ornaments than armlets and anklets and bracelets, curiously wrought after their manner from small rattans of various colors, and garlands of branches and flowers on their heads and the fleshy parts of the arm; and at the most some cock or sparrow-hawk ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 • Francisco Colin

... been accidentally left behind by one of the party on the occasion of Lizzie's abduction. The gunyahs were better constructed than usual, and consisted of saplings bent in an arch and covered with tea-tree bark, a great improvement on all the native dwellings we had hitherto seen, which were generally little better than a rude screen against the wind. But our time was precious, for we carried but little provision; and we could not afford to loiter about, even in so pleasant ...

— Australian Search Party • Charles Henry Eden

... from earth to Heaven is not unlike the ending of the voyage of a ship, even although many of them reach the harbor in a dismantled condition. Many a storm has been encountered, and while sails have been torn to shreds, yet the gallant bark has outweathered the gale and has escaped rocks, and quicksands, and whirlpools of destruction. But now the gale is hushed forever, the sails are all furled, the anchor is cast out, and she rides securely in the harbor where storms ...

— Gathering Jewels - The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. • James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles

... been all over the farm; had been introduced to the whole live stock, including ferrets and the tame hedge-hog; visited the plantations, and assisted at the killing of a stoat; cut his name out on the bark of the old pollard; and, in short, had been supremely happy. He "was just going to see Dumpling and Vixen's puppies at ...

— Henrietta's Wish • Charlotte M. Yonge

... taking counsel as to his hand, of Susan Nipper. Miss Nipper was giving it, with all due secrecy and circumspection. Diogenes was listening, and occasionally breaking out into a gruff half-smothered fragment of a bark, of which he afterwards seemed half-ashamed, as if he doubted having any ...

— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

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