carking adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •(no longer used) Wearying, distressing (of care, or similar words).After mutual protestations of friendship and regard, he […] took his leave in a strange perplexity of mind, occasioned by the images of love, intruding upon the remonstrances of carking care. — 1751 noun1 •(no longer used) Wearying; distress.What anxious cares and carkings have gnaw'd thy Breast, when Ravens and dumb Creatures have committed themselves to God's Wisdom and Goodness? — 1705 formscarkings · more carking · most carking
