lark

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• Lark

  ·vi A frolic; a jolly time. II. Lark ·vi To catch larks; as, to go larking. III. Lark ·vi To <<Spo...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• lark

  n. common English bird name.The Australian species are – – Brown Song Lark – – Cincloramphus crural...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• lark

  A small boat. Also, frolicsome merriment. (See sky-larking.) ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Lark-colored

  ·adj Having the sandy brown color of the European larks. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea lark

  ·- The rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). II. Sea lark ·- Any one of several small sandpipers and plover...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• mud lark

  A fellow who goes about by the water side picking up coals, nails, or other articles in the mud. Als...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ground-lark

  n. 1) In New Zealand, a bird alsocalled by the Maori names, Pihoihoi and Hioi. 1888. W. L. Buller,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• magpie-lark

  n. an Australian black-and-whitebird ( Grallina picata, Lath.), resembling the Magpie inappearance,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• mud-lark

  n. another name for the Magpie-lark, Grallina picata (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sand-lark

  n. name given in Australia to the Red-capped Dottrel, Charadrius ruficapilla, Temm. 1867. W. Richa...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris