Cark

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.] His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. Spenser. Fling cark and care aside. Motherwell. Ereedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. R. D. Blackmore.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] Beau. & fl.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.] Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. South.