Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Playing; sport; jesting.

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  • noun obsolete Playing; sport; jesting.

Etymologies

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From Middle English lakeringe, lakeryng, lakring, perhaps from *lakeren, frequentative variant of Middle English laken, leiken ("to play, sport"), or equivalent to laker +‎ -ing.

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