Sare vs Sark - What's the difference?
sare | sark |
(British, archaic) dry, withered
(dialectal, Kent, archaic) tender, rotten
(dialectal, Northern England, archaic) melancholy, bad, severe
(UK, dialectal, Northern England, archaic) much, very much, greatly
As an adjective sare
is dry, withered.As an adverb sare
is much, very much, greatly.As a proper noun Sark is
one of the Channel Islands.As a noun sark is
a shirt.As a verb sark is
to cover with sarking, or thin boards.sare
English
Alternative forms
* searAdjective
- Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
- Burn ash-wood sare , 'twool make a man sware.