Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • One of the Channel Islands in the English Channel east of Guernsey. It comprises Great Sark and Little Sark, which are joined by a natural causeway.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A shirt or chemise; the body-garment, of linen or cotton, for either sex.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Carp.) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.
  • noun Scot. A shirt.

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  • proper noun One of the Channel Islands.

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Examples

  • They had spent quite a lot of time away from London, in Sark in particular.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Some facts I have thrust upon me, in honour of my Scottish roots: the Cutty Sark is named after a witch in Burns’ Tam O’Shanter, and indeed holds a horse’s tail in her hand.

    October « 2006 « Squares of Wheat 2006

  • Some facts I have thrust upon me, in honour of my Scottish roots: the Cutty Sark is named after a witch in Burns’ Tam O’Shanter, and indeed holds a horse’s tail in her hand.

    Meantime « Squares of Wheat 2006

  • Encom was the company run by the "evil" Sark aka MCP in the original who betrayed Flynn and stole his work.

    More Cryptic Tron Viral Sites Discovered - But What's Next? « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • Sark, which is just 3 miles long by 1.5 miles wide 4.8 by 2.4 km, has no public street lighting, no paved roads and no cars, officials said.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • I will have to admit that I loved seeing "Sark" and wish he'd be on EVERY week!

    GREY’S ANATOMY: Melrose Place | the TV addict 2007

  • But she was back in the thick of things before the wedding-party reached home, and everything was ready and in apple-pie order for a merry-making such as Sark had not seen for many a day.

    Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896

  • I guess "Sark," former USC assistant Steve Sarkisian

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • I guess "Sark," former USC assistant Steve Sarkisian

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • Sarkisian -- "Sark," as he's affectionately and nearly universally known -- wasn't the first choice, though no one will say it.

    SI.com 2009

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