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Definition of Lavrock
1. n. Same as Laverock.
Definition of Lavrock
1. Noun. (alternative form of laverock) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lavrock
1. laverock [n -S] - See also: laverock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavrock
Literary usage of Lavrock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"LITTLE further is known of the Tawny lavrock, as a British bird, than that two
or three specimens have, at different times, been shot in this country. ..."
2. Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott (1846)
""Thus it is to have counsellors, Master Jenkin," said Richie, " and truly I hope
to hear you say that your heart is as light as a lavrock's, and that before ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"The lavrock shuns the palace gay, Aloft on dewy wing; . . Lament of Mary of Scots.
... Thou lavrock that starts frae the dews of the lawn, S. My Name's Awa. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"An' when the lavrock's fain To lilt aboon his soarin' sang, She gars him croon
her ain. THE end of Helen's thoughts was to sit down and write a letter ..."
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