▪ I. † ˈovercark, n. Obs.
[over- 29.]
An overcharge; an extra load or burden.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 9843 Ouercark o kind had þe tan, And kind was to þe toþer wan. |
▪ II. † overˈcark, v. Obs.
[over- 27.]
1. trans. To overcharge, overweight.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 9834 Man mai find a barn ouercarked sua wit kind, Þat [has] thre fete and handes thre. |
2. To burden with excessive charges; to oppress.
| 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. iv. 472 Shal noþer kyng ne knyȝt, constable ne meyre Ouer-cark þe comune. |
So † ˈover-ˈcarkful, ˈover-ˈcarking adjs., troubling oneself too much, over-anxious.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. iii. xv. 377 Ouer thouȝtful and ouer carkful and ouermyche louyng toward them. 1655 Fuller Ch. Hist. viii. iii. §23 Disswaded..from being solicitously over-carking for the future. |