*bark*

See Angostura bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Barked (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Barking. ] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break. ] 1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. [ 1913 Webster ]

They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Barkentine. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidæ), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of bark. [ Poetic ] Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bark, n., a vessel. ] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [ Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc. ] See Illust. in Append. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who strips trees of their bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who stands at the doors of shops to urg&unr_; passers by to make purchases. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pistol. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The spotted redshank. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Dr. Barker, the inventor. ] A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tanhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pair of pistols. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of the vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with, or containing, bark. “The barky fingers of the elm.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.
Syn. -- birchbark canoe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum opulus) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries.
Syn. -- guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, cranberry-tree, Viburnum opulus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Debarked p. pr. & vb. n. Debarking. ] [ F. débarquer; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark. ] To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disembarkation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. U. S. Grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. débarquer. Cf. Debark, Disembark. ] To disembark. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + bark rind. ] To strip of bark; to bark. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disembarked p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking. ] [ Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer. ] To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disembarking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disembarkation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Embarked p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking. ] [ F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel. ] 1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To engage in any affair. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slow to embark in such an undertaking. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embarquement. ] Embarkation. [ R. ] Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. See Embark. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood. Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
Syn. -- ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Sassy bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia opulifolia, or Spiraea opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chile. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chileans instead of soap. Also called soap bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A putting, or going, on board a vessel again. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. See Reembark. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory. (b) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + bark rind. ] To deprive of the bark; to decorticate; to strip; as, to unbark a tree. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]