ˈbarkened, ppl. a.
[f. barken v. + -ed.]
1. Dried into a hardened incrustation, encrusted with a sticky daubing which has dried on.
| 1513 Douglas æneis ii. vi. (v) 41 Witht barknit bluide, and puldir. 1827 Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 305 Lyin a' barkened wi' blood in his coffin. |
2. Tanned. Cf. barked 2.
| 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. v, Effie used to help me to tumble the bundles o' barkened leather up and down. |