Yarked vs Harked - What's the difference?
yarked | harked |
(yark)
To make ready; prepare.
*1881 , Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland :
(obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
(obsolete) To set open; open.
To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
To crack (a whip).
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96:
*:he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter''], as cunningly as any Carter in ''France .
(hark)
To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
* 1739 , “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, Hymns and Sacred Poems, (Charles Wesley) and (George Whitefield):
* 1906: ,
* 1959: , A Christmas Carol
As verbs the difference between yarked and harked
is that yarked is (yark) while harked is (hark).yarked
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*yark
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark , and leather to bark, [...]
Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
Origin uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare (jerk) etc.Alternative forms
* yerkVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
*harked
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Verb
(head)hark
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- “Glory to the new born King,
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- Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking .
- "Hark ! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"
