† overcarkn.
Obsolete.
Too much of something; an excessive burden; overwork.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > a burden > excessive
overcarkc1390
overload1645
overweighting1873
overweight1891
overburden1893
c1390 Cato's Distichs (Vernon) 460 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 591 Þat þou may assaye wel, I rede, no more, þou bere; Ȝif þou dost, þou lest þi swik, And ouer cark wol þe dere.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9843 If þou fand..A barn ouercarked sua wit kind þat had thre fete and handes thre..And if þou siþen a-noiþer fand þat wanted oiþer fote or hand..ouercark o kind had þe tan, And kind was to þe toþer wan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† overcarkv.
Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive. To overpower; to overcharge, overburden.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to > excessively or weigh down
overchargea1325
overcarkc1330
overladea1387
chargea1398
laden1514
overburden1532
ladea1538
overload1553
overpressa1577
overweigh1576
surcharge1582
to weigh back, on one side, to the earth1595
overpoise1598
overweight1811
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 5941 (MED) Bot xx of hem openliche On hors fouȝten nobliche, And ouercarked weren þo.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9834 (MED) If þou fand..A barn ouercarked [a1400 Gött. ouer-karkid; a1400 Trin. Cambr. ouer charged] sua wit kind þat had thre fete and handes thre.
2. transitive. To oppress.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)]
ofsiteOE
forthringOE
overlayOE
ofsetOE
to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175
overseta1200
defoulc1300
oppressa1382
overpressa1382
overchargec1390
overleadc1390
overliea1393
thringa1400
overcarkc1400
to grind the faces (occasionally face) ofa1425
press?a1425
downthringc1430
vicea1525
tread1526
to hold (also keep, bring, put) one's nose to the grindstonea1533
tyrannizea1533
wring1550
downpress1579
bepress1591
defoil1601
ingrate1604
crush1611
grinda1626
macerate1637
trample1646
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. 472 Shal noþer kyng ne knyȝt, constable ne meyre Ouer-cark þe comune.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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