A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1537, 1588-1600
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Ark, n.2 [ME. ark, arke (Chaucer), e.m.E. arke (1563), F. arc, L. arcus.] a. An arch. —1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 73 (throw arkis triumphall). c1600 Montg. Suppl. xxxvi. 3 (as tyme consumes the strongest ark).
b. An arc of a heavenly body. —1588 King Catechism i. vj b (the arkes of the rising and setting of the sone).
