different between barken vs barked

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??(?)k?n/

Etymology 1

From bark +? -en.

Adjective

barken (not comparable)

1. (poetic) Made of bark.
   • 1871, John Greenleaf Whittier, "Nauhaught, the Deacon", in Miriam, and Other Poems

     barken knots

Etymology 2

From bark +? -en.

Verb

barken (third-person singular simple present barkens, present participle barkening, simple past and past participle barkened)

1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
   • 1908, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, or, The astrologer:

     "The best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut — that saves plasters, hinney."

2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To tan or dye with bark.

References

barken in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.barken in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Banker, banker

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bark?n/, [?b?????n?]

Noun

barken c

1. definite singular of bark

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rk?n

Noun

barken

1. Plural form of bark

Anagrams

• braken

Middle English

Verb

barken

1. Alternative form of berken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

barken m

1. definite singular of bark

Swedish

Noun

barken

1. definite singular of bark

Anagrams

• banker

English

Verb

barked

1. simple past tense and past participle of bark

Adjective

barked (not comparable)

1. (in combination) Having the specified kind of bark.

   a rough-barked tree

Anagrams

• Drabek, bedark, braked, debark