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Yark

//jɑːk//

Definitions

1
To make ready; prepare.
[...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]
2
To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
3
To draw (stitches etc.) tight.

Word Origin

From Middle English ȝarken, ȝerken, from Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”), Proto-West Germanic *garwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *garwakōną (“to prepare”), from P...

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