5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stark  \Stark\,  adv 
  Wholly;  entirely;  absolutely;  quite;  as  stark  mind.  --Shak. 
 
  Held  him  strangled  in  his  arms  till  he  was  stark  dead. 
  --Fuller. 
 
  {Stark  naked},  wholly  naked;  quite  bare. 
 
  Strip  your  sword  stark  naked.  --Shak. 
 
  Note:  According  to  Professor  Skeat,  ``stark-naked''  is 
  derived  from  steort-naked,  or  start-naked,  literally 
  tail-naked,  and  hence  wholly  naked.  If  this  etymology 
  be  true  the  preferable  form  is  stark-naked. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stark  \Stark\,  a.  [Compar.  {Starker};  superl.  {Starkest}.]  [OE. 
  stark  stiff,  strong,  AS  stearc;  akin  to  OS  starc  strong,  D. 
  sterk,  OHG.  starc,  starah,  G.  &  Sw  stark,  Dan.  st[ae]rk, 
  Icel.  sterkr  Goth.  gasta['u]rknan  to  become  dried  up  Lith. 
  str["e]gti  to  stiffen,  to  freeze.  Cf  {Starch},  a.  &  n.] 
  1.  Stiff;  rigid.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Whose  senses  all  were  straight  benumbed  and  stark. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  His  heart  gan  wax  as  stark  as  marble  stone. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  Many  a  nobleman  lies  stark  and  stiff  Under  the  hoofs 
  of  vaunting  enemies.  --Shak. 
 
  The  north  is  not  so  stark  and  cold.  --B.  Jonson 
 
  2.  Complete;  absolute;  full;  perfect;  entire.  [Obs.] 
 
  Consider  the  stark  security  The  common  wealth  is  in 
  now  --B.  Jonson 
 
  3.  Strong;  vigorous;  powerful. 
 
  A  stark,  moss-trooping  Scot.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  Stark  beer,  boy,  stout  and  strong  beer.  --Beau.  & 
  Fl 
 
  4.  Severe;  violent;  fierce.  [Obs.]  ``In  starke  stours.''  [i. 
  e.,  in  fierce  combats].  --Chaucer. 
 
  5.  Mere;  sheer;  gross;  entire;  downright. 
 
  He  pronounces  the  citation  stark  nonsense. 
  --Collier. 
 
  Rhetoric  is  very  good  or  stark  naught;  there's  no 
  medium  in  rhetoric.  --Selden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stark  \Stark\,  v.  t. 
  To  stiffen.  [R.] 
 
  If  horror  have  not  starked  your  limbs.  --H.  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stark 
  adj  1:  devoid  of  any  qualifications  or  disguise  or  adornment;  "the 
  blunt  truth";  "the  crude  facts";  "facing  the  stark 
  reality  of  the  deadline"  [syn:  {blunt},  {crude(a)},  {stark(a)}] 
  2:  severely  simple;  "a  stark  interior"  [syn:  {austere},  {severe}] 
  3:  complete  or  extreme;  "stark  poverty";  "a  stark  contrast" 
  4:  without  qualification;  used  informally  as  (often  pejorative) 
  intensifiers;  "an  arrant  fool";  "a  complete  coward";  "a 
  consummate  fool";  "a  double-dyed  villain";  "gross 
  negligence";  "a  perfect  idiot";  "pure  folly";  "what  a 
  sodding  mess";  "stark  staring  mad";  "a  thoroughgoing 
  villain";  "utter  nonsense"  [syn:  {arrant(a)},  {complete(a)}, 
  {consummate(a)},  {double-dyed(a)},  {everlasting(a)},  {gross(a)}, 
  {perfect(a)},  {pure(a)},  {sodding(a)},  {stark(a)},  {staring(a)}, 
  {thoroughgoing(a)},  {utter(a)}] 
  5:  providing  no  shelter  or  sustenance;  "bare  rocky  hills"; 
  "barren  lands";  "the  bleak  treeless  regions  of  the  high 
  Andes";  "the  desolate  surface  of  the  moon";  "a  stark 
  landscape"  [syn:  {bare},  {barren},  {bleak},  {desolate}] 
  adv  :  completely;  "stark  mad";  "mouth  stark  open" 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Stark,  KS  (city,  FIPS  68025) 
  Location:  37.68955  N,  95.14332  W 
  Population  (1990):  79  (42  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  66775 

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