v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Barked (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Barking. ] 1. To strip the bark from; to peel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To girdle. See Girdle, v. t., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark; as, to bark the roof of a hut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. berken, AS. beorcan; akin to Icel. berkja, and prob. to E. break. ] 1. To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs; -- said of some animals, but especially of dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. [ 1913 Webster ]

They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Barkentine. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidæ), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of bark. [ Poetic ] Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bark, n., a vessel. ] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [ Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc. ] See Illust. in Append. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An animal that barks; hence, any one who clamors unreasonably. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who stands at the doors of shops to urg&unr_; passers by to make purchases. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pistol. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The spotted redshank. [ 1913 Webster ]