SARK

Etymology

Proper noun

Sark

One of the Channel Islands; notable inter alia for its local government containing one of the last vestiges of feudalism in Europe.

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, arks, kars, ksar, skar

Etymology 1

Noun

sark (plural sarks)

(Scotland and Northern England) A shirt.

Etymology 2

Verb

sark (third-person singular simple present sarks, present participle sarking, simple past and past participle sarked)

(transitive) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Anagrams

• AKRs, Kars, arks, kars, ksar, skar

Source: Wiktionary


Sark, n. Etym: [AS. serce, syrce, ashirt; akin to Icel. serkr, Sw. särk.]

Definition: A shirt. [Scot.]

Sark, v. t. (Carp.)

Definition: To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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