Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bark

 I. verb  Etymology: Middle English berken, from Old English beorcan; akin to Old Norse berkja to ~, Lithuanian burgeti to growl  Date: before 12th century  intransitive verb  1.  a. to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog  b. to make a noise resembling a ~  2. to speak in a curt loud and usually angry tone ; snap  transitive verb  1. to utter in a curt loud usually angry tone an officer ~ing orders  2. to advertise by persistent outcry ~ing their wares  II. noun  Date: before 12th century  1.  a. the sound made by a ~ing dog  b. a similar sound  2. a short sharp peremptory tone of speech or utterance  • ~less adjective  III. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse ~-, borkr; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German borke ~  Date: 14th century  1. the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stem; specifically the tissues outside the cambium that include an inner layer especially of secondary phloem and an outer layer of periderm  2. cinchona 2  3. a candy containing chocolate and nuts that is made in a sheet and broken into pieces  • ~less adjective  IV. transitive verb  Date: 14th century  1. to treat with an infusion of tan~  2.  a. to strip the ~ from  b. to rub off or abrade the skin of ~ed a shin on the desk  V. noun  or barque  Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French barque, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin  Date: 15th century  1.  a. a small sailing ship  b. a sailing ship of three or more masts with the aftmost mast fore-and-aft rigged and the others square-rigged  2. a craft propelled by sails or oars