Cark n. A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.]
His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. --Spenser.
Fling cark and care aside. --Motherwell.
Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. --R. D. Blackmore.
Cark v. i. To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.]
Cark, v. t. To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.]
Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. --South.
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cark
v : disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or
alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her
father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet,
trouble, distract, disorder]