bark¹ /bärk/

1. The abrupt cry of a dog, wolf, etc
2. The report of a gun
3. A cough (informal)

1. To utter a bark
2. To clamour
3. To advertise wares noisily
4. To cough (informal)

1. To utter with a bark (Spenser)
2. To utter abruptly and peremptorily
3. To advertise (wares) noisily

barkˈer noun

1. A dog
2. A barking dog
3. A tout advertising wares, a show, etc in a loud voice to attract custom
4. A pistol or cannon (obs sl)

barkˈing adjective (slang)

Barking mad

barking deer noun

The muntjac

barking iron noun (slang)

A pistol

barking mad adjective (slang)

Crazy, raving mad

bark up the wrong tree

To act, speak, proceed, etc under a misapprehension, mistakenly to take inappropriate action

chief barker

The title of the president of the Variety Club of Great Britain

his bark is worse than his bite

His words may be bad-tempered or fierce, but his actual deeds are not so bad

bark² /bärk/

1. The rind or covering of the trunk and branches of a tree
2. That used in tanning or dyeing
3. That used in medicine (cinchona)
4. An outer covering or skin

1. To scrape or rub the skin from
2. To strip or peel bark from
3. To tan (leather)
4. To cover with or as if with bark, encrust

To form a bark

barkˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

To dry up into a barky crust

Made or composed of bark

barkˈless adjective

barkˈy adjective

barkˈ-bed noun

A hotbed of spent bark

barkˈ-beetle noun

Any beetle of the family Scolytidae, tunnellers in and under bark

barkˈ-bound adjective

Prevented from growing by failure to shed the bark

barkˈ-cloth noun

A thin papery kind of cloth made by soaking and beating the inner bark of some trees, esp tapa

barkˈ-louse noun

Any of various aphids that infest the bark of trees

• turn an enemy's line
• turn an enemy's position
• turn an honest penny
• turn around
• turnaround
• turnarounds
• turn aside
• turn a trick
• turn away
• turn back
• turn-back
• turnback
• turnbacks
• turnbroach
• turnbroaches
• turnbuckle
• turnbuckles
• Turnbull's blue
• turn card
• turn cat in pan
• turn cat in the pan
• turncoat
• turncoats
• turncock
• turncocks