barke

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 ]

n. One who strips trees of their bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Dr. Barker, the inventor. ] A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis. [ 1913 Webster ]