The Collaborative International Dictionary
To dare larks
Dare \Dare\, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.]
For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs,
Would dare a woman.
--Beau. & Fl.
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.