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starker

 

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  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.




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