WARK

Etymology 1

Noun

wark (plural warks)

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Pain; ache.

Etymology 2

Verb

wark (third-person singular simple present warks, present participle warking, simple past and past participle warked)

(intransitive) To be in pain; ache.

Etymology 3

Noun

wark (plural warks)

(obsolete, chiefly, Scotland) A building.

Anagrams

• rawk

Proper noun

Wark

A surname.

Anagrams

• rawk

Source: Wiktionary


Wark, n. Etym: [See Work.]

Definition: Work; a building. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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