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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A frolic; a jolly time. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidæ). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To sport; to frolic. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To catch larks; as, to go larking.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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