barken (not comparable)
(poetic) Made of bark.
barken (third-person singular simple present barkens, present participle barkening, simple past and past participle barkened)
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.
• Banker, banker
Source: Wiktionary
Bark"en, a.
Definition: Made of bark. [Poetic] Whittier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
