chark

Definitions

Examples

• Gimblet folded the letter carefully, replaced it in the envelope, and handed it back to Mr. Chark.

• Sir Gregory and I, Mr. Chark, were on our way to see if she had been heard of at the hospitals, at the moment of your arrival.

• Or perhaps your friend Chark would rather think that I was given to poisoning my relations?

• But with the "chark" the result was nearly as certain as when flint, steel, and tinder were employed for this purpose.

• Another suggestion is that it is connected with “chirk” or “chark,” an old word meaning “to make a grating noise.”