bark (v.) Copy link Outline I. To strip trees of their b.1. dēcortĭco, 12. glūbo, 3II. To make the noise peculiar to dogs • bark (v.): I. To strip trees of their b.: 1. dēcortĭco, 1: Plin. 2. glūbo, 3: Cato: Varr.: v. to peel. II. To make the noise peculiar to dogs: latro, 1: dogs b., canes l., Cic.: to b. at a stag's hide, cervinam pellem l., Hor. Fig.: if any one shall have b.'d at a man worthy of abuse, si quis opprobriis dignum latraverit, Hor.: in this sense allatro is more usu. in prose: v. to bark at.