Dictionary entry

Cark

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cark (kärk), n. [OE. cark, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge; cf. W. carc anxiety, care, Arm karg charge, burden. See Charge, and cf. Cargo.] A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.

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.