bark

Definitions

1. 1.To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
2. 2.To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.
3. 3.To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.
4. 4.To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.
5. 5.To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.
6. 6.The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.
7. 7.Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.
8. 8.(Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel called?
• What is to cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut called?
• What is to make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs called?
• What is the short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals called?
• What is formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron called?
• What is a three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged called?