BARKEN

Etymology 1

Adjective

barken (not comparable)

(poetic) Made of bark.

Etymology 2

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Banker, banker

Source: Wiktionary


Bark"en, a.

Definition: Made of bark. [Poetic] Whittier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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