(bärk) noun
1. The short, abrupt, explosive sound characteristically made by a dog.
2. Any sound like this.
—v.i.
1. To utter a bark, as a dog, or to make a sound like a bark.
2. Colloq. To cough.
3. To speak loudly and sharply.
4. U.S. Slang To announce the attractions of a show at its entrance.
—v.t.
5. To say roughly and curtly: He barked an order.
—to bark up the wrong tree Colloq. To be mistaken as to one's object or the means of attaining it. [OE beorcan]

(bärk) noun
1. The tissue covering the stems, branches, and roots of a tree or shrub, extending from the cambium layer to the outer surface.
2. This tissue removed from a particular species for its special medicinal or other properties.
—v.t.
1. To remove the bark from; scrape; girdle.
2. To rub off or abrade the skin of.
3. To cover with or as with bark.
4. To tan or treat with an infusion of bark [<Scand.]

(bärk) noun
1. A three-masted vessel square-rigged except for the mizzenmast, which is fore-and-aft rigged.
2. Poetić Any vessel or boat. Also spelled barque. [<F barque <LL barca bark]
BARK