STARK
Stark, adv.
Defn: Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind. Shak.
Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. Fuller.
Stark naked, wholly naked; quite bare.
Strip your sword stark naked. Shak.
Note: According to Professor Skeat, "stark-naked" is derived from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology be true the preferable form is stark-naked.
STARK
Stark, v. t.
Defn: To stiffen. [R.]
If horror have not starked your limbs. H. Taylor.
STARKLY
Stark"ly, adv.
Defn: In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
Its onward force too starky pent In figure, bone, and lineament.
Emerson.
STARKNESS
Stark"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being stark.
STARLESS
Star"less, a.