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Redoublement - Fencing (gambling) and lark (iou)


Redoublement - Fencing (gambling)


A new action that follows an attack that missed or was parried; renewal of a failed attack in the opposite line; alternatively see Reprise.

lark (iou)



lark verb. [lɑ:k] colloq. E19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. alt. of LAIK, but cf. SKYLARK verb.]
verb intrans. Play tricks, frolic (freq. foll. by about). Formerly esp. ride in a frolicsome manner, ride across country. E19.
Thackeray Jumping the widest brooks, and larking over the newest gates in the country. W. S. Maugham Stick to your work and don't go larking about with the girls.
verb trans. Make fun of, tease (a person); ride (a horse) across country. Now rare or obsolete. M19.
larker noun2 a person given to larking about E19.