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.