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Meaning:
Noun:
- A similar sound made by some other animals.
- uncountable The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
- figurative An abrupt loud vocal utterance.
- medicine Peruvian Bark or Jesuit's bark, the bark of the cinchona from which quinine is produced.
- nautical A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
- obsolete A small sailing vessel, e.g. a pinnace or a fishing smack; a rowing boat or barge.
- poetic a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
- The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog.
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Verb:
- To abrade or rub off any outer covering from.
- To cover or inclose with bark, or as with bark.
- To girdle.
- To make a outcries.
- To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- To speak sharply.
- To strip the bark from; to peel.
Source: Wiktionary
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