Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variant of
laverock , for lark.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
laverock .
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- noun Alternative form of
laverock .
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Examples
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A bee may buz among the heath -- a lavrock cleave the skies.
Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Isabella Valancy Crawford 1868
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But then there are dainty green graffs in Saint Cuthbert's kirkyard, whare ane may sleep as if they were in a down-bed, till they hear the lavrock singing up in the air as high as the Castle; whereas, and behold, these London kirkyards are causeyed with through-stanes, panged hard and fast thegither; and my cloak being something threadbare, made but a thin mattress, so I was fain to give up my bed before every limb about me was crippled.
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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Cuthbert’s kirkyard, whare ane may sleep as if they were in a down-bed, till they hear the lavrock singing up in the air as high as the
hernesheir commented on the word lavrock
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December 20, 2010