carkingn.
Obsolete or archaic.
The action of cark v.1; grieving, being anxious; trouble, solicitude; anxious toil.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > action of
wrestling?c1225
travailingc1330
tewing1394
labouringc1400
sweatingc1430
toiling1549
moiling1565
carking1583
allaboration1727
fagging1777
bullocking1888
schlepping1937
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [noun]
mourningeOE
businessOE
busyOE
carefulnessa1000
carec1000
howc1000
embeþonkc1200
thought?c1250
cark1330
curea1340
exercisec1386
solicitude?a1412
pensienessc1450
anxietya1475
fear1490
thought-taking1508
pensement1516
carp1548
caring1556
hoe1567
thoughtfulness1569
carking1583
caretaking1625
anxiousness1636
solicitousness1636
concern1692
solicitation1693
anxietude1709
twitchiness1834
uptightness1969
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxxxvii. 844 They which are maried..must needes be giuen ouer to many cares and carkings.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) vi. 73 Without any further carking and perplexity of mind.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling v. 57 Those carkings and solicitudes to which needier persons are exposed.
1691 E. Taylor tr. Behmen Threefold Life xvii. 312 Distrustful carking and toiling.
1861 P. Young Daily Readings ccxvi. 75 With all our carking and caring, we cannot increase our stature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
carkingadj.
/ˈkɑːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrkɪŋ/ Obsolete or archaic.
That carks.
1. An attribute of care, or the like: Burdening, distressing, grieving, wearing, fretting.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective]
eileOE
soreOE
balefulc1200
carefulc1200
aching?c1225
pinefulc1225
sughendc1230
pininga1250
stinginga1250
toughc1275
deringa1325
unsetec1325
unwinc1330
throlya1375
encumbrousc1384
grievable1390
painful1395
plaintfula1400
sweamlya1400
swemandc1400
temptingc1400
importunea1425
sweamfulc1430
penible?a1439
discomfortingc1450
grievingc1450
remordingc1450
sorousc1503
badc1530
paining1532
raw1548
nippingc1550
smartful1556
pinching1563
grievesome1568
griping1568
afflictive1576
pressing1591
boisterous1599
heartstruck1608
carkingc1620
gravaminous1659
vellicating1669
weary1785
traumatizing1970
gut-wrenching1972
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]
gnedec900
gripplea1000
fastOE
narrow-hearteda1200
narrow?c1225
straitc1290
chinchc1300
nithinga1325
scarcec1330
clama1340
hard1340
scantc1366
sparingc1386
niggardc1400
chinchy?1406
retentivea1450
niggardousa1492
niggish1519
unliberal1533
pinching1548
dry1552
nigh1555
niggardly1560
churlish1566
squeamish1566
niggardish1567
niggard-like1567
holding1569
spare1577
handfast1578
envious1580
close-handed1585
hard-handed1587
curmudgeonly1590
parsimonious?1591
costive1594
hidebound1598
penny-pinching1600
penurious1600
strait-handed1600
club-fisted1601
dry-fisted1604
fast-handed1605
fast-fingered1607
close-fisted1608
near1611
scanting1613
carkingc1620
illiberal1623
clutch-fisteda1634
hideboundeda1640
clutch-fista1643
clunch-fisted1644
unbounteous1645
hard-fisted1646
purse-bound1652
close1654
stingy1659
tenacious1676
scanty1692
sneaking1696
gripe-handed1698
narrow-souled1699
niggardling1704
snippy1727
unindulgent1742
shabby1766
neargoinga1774
cheesemongering1781
split-farthing1787
save-all1788
picked1790
iron-fisted1794
unhandsome1800
scaly1803
nearbegoing1805
tight1805
nippit1808
nipcheese1819
cumin-splitting1822
partan-handed1823
scrimping1823
scrumptious1823
scrimpy1825
meanly1827
skinny1833
pinchfisted1837
mean1840
tight-fisted1843
screwy1844
stinty1849
cheeseparing1857
skinflinty1886
mouly1904
mingy1911
cheapskate1912
picey1937
tight-assed1961
chintzy1964
tightwad1976
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > laborious or toilsome > toiling
swinking?c1225
travailinga1398
drudging1548
toiling1552
toilsome1566
toilful1596
sweaty1603
droiling1607
carkingc1620
laboriferous1656
fagging1665
moiling1692
tewing1855
maulinga1864
bullocking1900
c1620 T. Robinson Mary Magdalene (1899) i. lxviii.582 Solace in her brest no place can finde, For carking care doth all delights together binde.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. i Ate up with carking care & penurie.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxiv. 157 Some carking care that would not be driven away.
2. Of persons: (a) fretting, anxious; (b) toiling, moiling; (c) miserly, niggardly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective]
busyOE
howful970
carefulOE
angerful?c1225
yemelichc1275
thoughtfulc1300
anguishousc1325
curiousc1400
carkfulc1449
solicitate?a1475
solicit?1526
fearful1535
anxious1548
carking1567
solicitous1570
solicitudinousa1682
thoughted1869
uptight1934
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Ciijv Duke Nestor sillie carkinge segge.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. lxxxiii. 266 a A labouryng and carkyng man, whose lyfe ought to be a patterne of all quietnesse.
1599 T. Heywood 1st Pt. King Edward IV sig. C2v Whose recreant limbes are nocht with gaping scarres, Thicker then any carking craft-mans skore.
1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xv. 402 Who are so extremely carking and caring about this Life.
1750 Berkeley Max. conc. Patriotism §22 Ibycus is a carking, griping, closefisted fellow.
1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VIII. xlix. 206 Immensely rich, and immensely carking.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 62 (Jam.) List'ning to the chirp O' wandring mouse, or moudy's carkin hoke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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