verb
- third-person singular present tense of 'chark': to burn or scorch, especially to reduce to charcoal
Usage: archaic or dialectal
noun
- plural of 'chark': pieces of charred or burnt material; charcoal
Usage: archaic or dialectal
Examples
- The intense heat charks the wood into black ash.
- The fire charks everything in its path.
- Charks of burnt wood remained in the fireplace.
- The blacksmith charks the metal to prepare it for forging.