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cark

[kahrk] Archaic.
–noun
1. care or worry.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to worry.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME carken to be anxious, OE becarcian, appar. deriv. of car- (base of caru care ) + -k suffix
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cark   (kärk)   
tr. & intr.v.   carked, cark·ing, carks
To burden or be burdened with trouble; worry.
n.  A worry; a trouble: carks and cares.

[Middle English carken, from Norman French carquier, to burden, load, from Late Latin carricāre; see cargo.]
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