v. Obs. [Of unknown formation.] trans. To blacken by heat.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 50. Þe blake cloð bitockneð þet te soðe sunne, þet is Jesu Crist, haueð wiðuten uorkuled ou. Ibid., 306. Ure inwit, uorkuliinde hire suluen mid þe fure of sunne.