Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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KERK, v. Also keark. Variant forms of Cark, v., q.v., to nag, grumble (Dmf. 1894 Trans. Dmf. & Gall. Antiq. Soc. 150, Dmf. 1959).Dmf. 1917 J. L. Waugh Cute McCheyne (1929) 61:
Dod, the wife's lang been kerkin' at me for a new dolman.
