chark /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •Charcoal; coke.... so I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England, under turf, till it became chark or dry coal ... — 1719 •A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill. •A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.A good chark will sometimes take as many as eight or ten bustards or five or six gazelles in the course of a morning. — 1856 •(US) A wine glass. verb2 •To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.The method which the Romans now taught them of charking the coal continues essentially the same until the present moment. — 1771 •(Scotland) To make a grating sound.The hoarse charking conversation which they carried on was calculated to support the delusion. — 1820 formscharked · charking · charks
