Cark (kärk), n. [OE. cark, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge; cf. W. carc anxiety, care, Arm karg charge, burden. See Charge, and cf. Cargo.] A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.]
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His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. Spenser.
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Fling cark and care aside. Motherwell.
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Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. R. D. Blackmore.
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Cark, v. t. To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.]
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Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. South.
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