Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
lark .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Old Eng. & Scot. The lark.
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- noun Alternative form of
lark .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hark! The dazzled laverock climbs the golden steep!
Poetry Friday 2006
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Hark! The dazzled laverock climbs the golden steep!
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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The nightingale, the poppinjay, the gentle laverock.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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The laverock sings a bonny lay above the Scottish heather;
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While o'er him sweet the laverock sings, new sprung frae 'mang the dew;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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The laverock walk'd mute 'mid the sorrowful scene,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Hark! The dazzled laverock climbs the golden steep:
Modern British Poetry Louis Untermeyer 1931
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Hark! The dazzled laverock climbs the golden steep:
Sherwood 1920
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At Halystane the laverock springs upon his breezy quest;
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Thou laverock, that springs frae the dews o 'the lawn [lark]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
garyth123 commented on the word laverock
A lark, or skylark.
March 18, 2009