chork, v. (now Sc.)
[A variant of chark, with mimetic adaptation: cf. chirk.]
To make the noise which the feet do when the shoes are full of water. (Formerly = chark.)
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 76 Cherkyn' or chorkyn' or fracchyn' as newe cartys or plowys, strideo. 1721 Ramsay To W. Starrat 29 Aft have I wid through glens with chorking feet. Mod. Sc. My feet are chorking with water. |