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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CARKING

pp. Distressing; perplexing; giving anxiety.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARKING

CARKING Cark "ing, a.

 

Defn: Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

carking

cark ing |ˈkärkiNG ˈkɑrkɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] archaic causing distress or worry: her carking doubts. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: present participle of Middle English cark ‘worry, burden, ’ from Old Northern French carkier, based on late Latin carcare (see charge ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

carking

cark |ing |ˈkɑːkɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] archaic causing distress or worry: her carking doubts. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: present participle of Middle English cark ‘worry, burden ’, from Old Northern French carkier, based on late Latin carcare (see charge ).