BARK

I. verb Etymology: Middle English berken, from Old English beorcan; akin to Old Norse berkja to ~, Lithuanian burgėti to growl Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog, to make a noise resembling a ~, to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone ; snap , transitive verb to utter in a curt loud usually angry tone , to advertise by persistent outcry , II. noun Date: before 12th century 1. the sound made by a ~ing dog, a similar sound, a short sharp peremptory tone of speech or utterance, ~less adjective III. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse ~-, bǫrkr; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German borke ~ Date: 14th century the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem, cinchona 2, a candy containing chocolate and nuts that is made in a sheet and broken into pieces, ~less adjective IV. transitive verb Date: 14th century to treat with an infusion of tan~, 2. to strip the ~ from, to rub off or abrade the skin of , V. noun or barque Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French barque, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin Date: 15th century 1. a small sailing ship, a sailing ship of three or more masts with the aftmost mast fore-and-aft rigged and the others square-rigged, a craft propelled by sails or oars