v. (now Sc.) [A variant of CHARK, with mimetic adaptation: cf. CHIRK.] To make the noise that the feet do when the shoes are full of water. (Formerly = CHARK.)
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 76. Cherkyn’ or chorkyn’ or fracchyn’ as newe cartys or plowys, strideo.
1721. Ramsay, To W. Starrat, 29. Aft have I wid through glens with chorking feet.
Mod. Sc. My feet are chorking with water.
