barken
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)kən/
Definition of barken
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable, poetic)Made of bark.
“barken knots”
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adj
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(not-comparable, poetic)Made of bark.
“barken knots”
verb
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(Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive)To become hard or form a crust, like bark.
“The poor patient knew at once his master's tongue, and lifting up one of his eyes, the other being stiff and barkened down, said in a melancholy voice, "Ah, master, do you think I'll get better?"”
“"The best way's to let the blood barken upon the cut — that saves plasters, hinney."”
- (UK, dialectal, transitive)To tan or dye with bark.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From bark + -en.
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