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▪ I. barkless, a.1|ˈbɑːklɪs|
[f. bark n.1 + -less.]
Devoid or stripped of bark.
1604Drayton Moses (R.) The trees all barkless nakedly are left. 1817Byron Manfred i. ii. 67 Blasted pines..barkless, branchless.
▪ II. barkless, a.2|ˈbɑːklɪs|
[f. bark n.3 + -less.]
Having no bark: applied to a dog which rarely or never barks.
1938Tail-Wagger May 172/1 About four years ago the Basenji or Congo Dog was introduced into England... The breed is barkless, being mute. 1950A. C. Smith About our Dogs xxiii. 353 The interest aroused by the ‘Barkless Dogs’ revealed the fact that one was exhibited at Crufts in 1895. 1957B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Domestic Dog ix. 181 The Basenji. First introduced..in 1934, and widely known as the ‘barkless dog’. |