yark

Meanings

1. To make ready; prepare.
2. To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
3. To set open; open.

1. To bind or draw (especially leather or stitches) tight.
2. To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
3. To crack (a whip).

Etymology

From Middle English ȝarken, ȝerken, from Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”), Proto-West Germanic *garwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *garwakōną (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, take, rake”), equivalent to yare + -k. Related to Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”), ġearu (“prepared, ready, equipped, complete, finished, yare”). More at yare.