sark

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Shark and Sharkey I take to be the same name as Sere in the Liber Vitæ, from A.S. serc, Sco. "sark," shirt, in the sense of a shirt of mail.

From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert

They leave not spindle, spoon, nor speit, Bed, blanket, bolster, sark, nor sheet, John o’ the Park Rypes kist and ark; For all sic wark He is richt meet.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

“I’m thinkin’, Willie,” he began as he saw me enter—“I’m thinkin’ ye hae catched a wet sark.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert

He has been rowed in his mother's sark tail.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Then she's gi'ed him a little bane-knife, And frae her sark he cut a share; She's ty'd it round his whey-white face, But ay his head it aked mair.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various