bark (3), barque (que as k)

[In Dan. & Ger. barke a bark, a lighter; Dut. bark = a bark, boat, or barge; barka e = a long boat; Sw. barka = a long boat; Fr. barque = a bark, a small ship, a craft, a large boat; Prov., Sp., Port., & Ital. barca Low Lat. barca, barcha, barga; Ir. bare; Ru . bark a. Mahn compares also with Walach. barcë; Icel. barhr = skiff, bark i = prow; Cla . Lat. bar is; Gr. βάρις ( bar is ) = a small and flat Egyptian rowboat; Copt. bare a small boat; barake = a cart, a boat.] [BARGE.] I. Ord. Lang. (spec. in Poetry ): Any small ve el. ( Lit. & fig .) "The Duke of Parma must have flown, if he would have come into England; for he could neither get bark nor mariner to put to sея." - Васол : On the War with Spain. "Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark with a tempestuous wind." Glanville. II. Nautical : 1. A three-masted ve el, with her fore and main masts rigged like those of a ship, and her mizzen like the mainmast of a schooner, carrying a spanker and gaff topsail BARK. 2. Among coal-traders: A broad-sterned ship, which bears no ornamental figure on the stern or prow.