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Definition: To dare larks
Dare
\Dare\, v. t.
To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.]
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For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs,
Would dare a woman. --Beau. & Fl.
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To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to
use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they
lie still till a net is thrown over them. --Nares.
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