cark* v also cork* [phonetics unavailable]. Cp OED caulk v 1. To wedge oakum in seams of a boat or other wooden structure.
   T 58-64 The coffin was leaky. And I hauled it ashore and I corked it and I tarred it. T 203-65 They roll it till they gets a little thread about a half inch big. Then they'll lay it along the seam and cark it in with the carkin' iron.

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