[Russ. чарка (charka), dim. of чара (chara) glass, noggin.] A small (Russian) glass or cup.
1591. G. Fletcher, Russe Commw. (1857), 146. They beginne commonly with a chark, or small cuppe, of aqua vitæ.
1686. Diary P. Gordon, 26 Jan. (Spalding Club, 1859). Receiving a charke of brandy out of the youngest his hand.
