barke

See also: Barke, barkę, and barkë

English

Verb

barke

1. Obsolete spelling of bark.

Anagrams

• Abrek, Baker, Brake, baker, brake, break

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle French barque, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin barica, from Ancient Greek βάρις (báris), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare), from Egyptian bꜣjr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbark(ə)/

Noun

barke (plural barkys)

1. (rare, Late Middle English) A seafaring vessel.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 116”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     It [i.e. love] is the star to every wandering barke
     whose worth's unknown although his height be taken.

Descendants

• English: barque, bark

References

• “barke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2

Noun

barke

1. Alternative form of bark

Etymology 3

Verb

barke

1. Alternative form of berken

Etymology 4

Verb

barke

1. Alternative form of barkyn