different between carling vs carking

English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse karling, feminine of karl (“carl”).

Noun

carling (plural carlings)

1. (nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
2. Alternative form of carlin (old woman)

Etymology 2

From care +? -ling (synchronically), being connected to the custom of serving these peas to the poor on Care Sunday, called also Carling Sunday after the peas.

Alternative forms

• carlin, carl, carle

Noun

carling (plural carlings)

1. A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.

Synonyms

• carling pea

References

• Weaver, William Woys (2013-09-10) , “Heirloom Pea Varieties”, in Mother Earth News?^[1]

English

Verb

carking

1. present participle of cark

Adjective

carking (comparative more carking, superlative most carking)

1. (obsolete) Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 98:

     After mutual protestations of friendship and regard, he […] took his leave in a strange perplexity of mind, occasioned by the images of love, intruding upon the remonstrances of carking care.

Anagrams

• arcking, craking, racking