Barking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The uttering of an abrupt explosive cry, as that of a dog.
  • noun. The process of stripping bark from trees, of removing a ring of bark from a tree so as to kill it, or of scraping dead bark from fruit-trees to promote their growth.
  • noun. The operation of tanning leather with bark; also, the operation of dyeing fabrics with an infusion of bark.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of bark.
  • adjective. Who or that barks or bark.
  • adjective. Short for barking mad.
  • noun. The action of the verb to bark.