laverock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of laverock
1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark 1
Example Sentences
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An’ blithely the mavis salutes the gay morn As sweetly he sings on the snawy white thorn, While the laverock soars high o’er the lang yellow corn, And the moorcocks, the moorcocks are cheerily crawin’.”
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon
Len' me yer throat to sing throu, Len' me yer wings to gang hie, And I'll sing ye a sang a laverock to cow, And for bliss to gar him dee!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
I see a great scythe Swing whaur yer nestie lies, doon i' the lythe, Liltin laverock!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
The cuckoo is called a gowk in the North of England; the lark, a laverock; and the twire-snipe and weather-bleak, or weather-bleater, are the same birds.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
Like the Black Douglas, he likes better to hear the laverock sing than the mouse cheep.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
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