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Webster 1913 Edition
Irk
Irk
(ẽrk)
, Verb.
T.
[OE.
irken
to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. yrka
to urge, enforce, press, or G. ekel
disgust, MHG. erklich
disgusting; perh. akin to L. urgere
to urge, E. urge
.] To weary; to give pain; to annoy.
To see this sight, it
irks
my very soul. Shakespeare
It
irketh
him to be here. M. Arnold.
Webster 1828 Edition
Irk
IRK
,Verb.
T.
urk.