laverock

[ lav-er-uh k, leyv-ruh k ]

/ ˈlæv ər ək, ˈleɪv rək /

noun Chiefly Scot.

a lark, especially a skylark.

Nearby words

lavender water, laver, laver bread, laveran, lavern, laverock, lavigne, lavinia, lavish, lavoisier, lavoisier, antoine

Also lav·rock

[lav-ruh k] /ˈlæv rək/.

Origin of laverock

1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark¹

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Examples from the Web for laverock

He published "The Laverock," a volume of poems and songs, in 1829.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V.|Various
Ony ane o' them withoot the ither stan's like the ae factor o' a multiplication, or ae wing upo' a laverock (lark).'
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald
With the laverock's lyric our fancy filled the sky—with the throstle's roundelay it awoke the wood.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2|John Wilson
St. Kevin was more considerate to a blackbird than to the laverock.
Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life|Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey

Wee dour looking huiks are the thing, Mouse body and laverock wing.
Angling Sketches|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for laverock

laverock

/ (ˈlævərək, Scottish ˈlevərək, ˈlevrək) /

noun

a Scot and northern English dialect word for skylark (def. 1)

Word Origin for laverock

Old English lǣwerce lark 1

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