1. [n]  any carefree episode
2. [n]  any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
3. [n]  small songbirds resembling larks
4. [n]  North American yellow-breasted songbirds
5. [v]  play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the palyroom"

Lark
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lark longs to lead a normal life like that of the young girls in town. She had married a man twice her age in order to attain shelter for her family during the long Colorado winter. Now, resigned to backbreaking work on his ranch, Lark finds one person who makes the days bearable. His name is Ace Brandon, a rugged cowhand. When her husbands hires Ace to father him an heir, Lark feels she`s been wronged. But as she comes to look forward to Ace`s touch, she realizes that he is the man of her dreams.

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1. \Lark\, n. [Perh fr. AS. l[=a]c play, sport. Cf. {Lake}, v.
   i.]
   A frolic; a jolly time. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
   

2. \Lark\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Larked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Larking}.]
   To sport; to frolic. [Colloq.]
   

3. \Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[=a]werce; akin to D.
   leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l?rahha, G. lerche, Sw.
   l["a]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[ae]virki.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus
   {Alauda} and allied genera (family {Alaudid[ae]}). They
   mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In
   America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by
   the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus {Otocoris}.
   The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws,
   and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
   Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda
         arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted
         for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and
         descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is
         considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are
         killed for the markets. Other well-known European
         species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda
         cristata}), and the wood lark ({A. arborea}). The
         pipits, or titlarks, of the genus {Anthus} (family
         {Motacillid[ae]}) are often called larks. See {Pipit}.
         The American meadow larks, of the genus {Sturnella},
         are allied to the starlings. See {Meadow Lark}. The
         Australian bush lark is {Mirafra Horsfieldii}. See
         {Shore lark}.
   {Lark bunting} (Zo["o]l.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza
      melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United
      States.
   {Lark sparrow} (Zo["o]l.), a sparrow ({Chondestes
      grammacus}), found in the Mississippi Valley and the
      Western United States.
   

4. \Lark\, v. i.
   To catch larks; as, to go larking.