bark (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of trees1. cortex, ĭcis, m. and f. (the outer bark)2. lĭber, bri, m. (the inner bark)II. Of dogsIII. A ship • bark (subs.): I. Of trees: 1. cortex, ĭcis, m. and f. (the outer bark): Cic.: Virg.: smooth or rough b., c. levis aut scaber, Plin. 2. lĭber, bri, m. (the inner bark): Cic.: Virg. Peruvian bark is *cortex Peruvianus, or simply cortex. sometimes *cinchona, properly the name of the tree, so called after the Countess del Cinchon at Lima, who was cured by its use in 1628 (Mayne). II. Of dogs: latrātus, ūs: to utter b.s, l. edere, Ov.: Virg.: Plin. Proverb.: a cur's bark is worse than his bite, canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet, Curt. III. A ship: rătis: v. barque.