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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.