BARK

v. n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To strip the bark from; to peel.

2.
v.

To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

3.
v.

To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3.

4.
v.

To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut.

5.
v.

To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs.

6.
v.

To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.

7.
n.

The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals.

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