German

Noun

Barken

1. plural of Bark

English

Adjective

barken ‎(not comparable)

1. (poetic) Made of bark.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Whittier to this entry?)

Verb

barken ‎(third-person singular simple present barkens, present participle barkening, simple past and past participle barkened)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
   • 1828, David Macbeth Moir, The Life of Mansie Wauch:

     The poor patient knew at once his master's tongue, and lifting up one of his eyes, the other being stiff and barkened down said in a melancholy voice, "Ah, master, do you think I'll get better?"

   • 1908, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, or, The astrologer:

     "The best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut — that saves plasters, hinney."

2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.
   • 1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Vol. 1., Illustrated:

     "And it wad far better become ye, Mr. Saddletree," continued his helpmate, "since ye say ye hae skeel o' the law, to try if ye can do onything for Effie Deans, puir thing, that's lying up in the tolbooth yonder, cauld, and hungry, and comfortless--A servant lass of ours, Mr. Butler, and as innocent a lass, to my thinking, and as usefu' in the shop--When Mr. Saddletree gangs out,--and ye're aware he's seldom at hame when there's ony o' the plea-houses open,--poor Effie used to help me to tumble the bundles o' barkened leather up and down, and range out the gudes, and suit a' body's humours--And troth, she could aye please the customers wi' her answers, for she was aye civil, and a bonnier lass wasna in Auld Reekie.

References

barken in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barkən/, [ˈb̥ɑːɡ̊n̩]

Noun

barken c

1. singular definite of bark

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

barken

1. Plural form of bark

Anagrams

• braken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Swedish

Noun

barken

1. definite singular of bark