Cark \Cark\, v. t. To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.]
Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. --South.
Cark \Cark\ (k[aum]rk), 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. [Archaic.]
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.
Cark \Cark\ (k[aum]rk), v. i. To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.