Quärk'en, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Icel. qver'k, pl. qverkar, the throat, O. Sw. quarka, O. H. Ger. querca, id., Icel. kyrkia, to strangle. Cf. QUACKENED.] To stifle or choke. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.