stirk

American  

[sturk] / stɜrk /

noun

British.

1. a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.

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stirk British  

/ stɜːk /

noun

1. a heifer of 6 to 12 months old

2. a yearling heifer or bullock

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Etymology

Origin of stirk

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English stirc “calf,” equivalent to stir- (akin to steer ² ) + suffixal -c ( see -ock)

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Example Sentences

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stirk

"Ye were aye a dumb stirk at Clydebank," Macallister said to him.

From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss

He's maist michty unsettled like," replied Saunders, "he's for a' the world like a stirk wi' a horse cleg on him that he canna get at.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

He's no a stirk o' the right stock.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop

"And leave us neither stirk nor stot," said the youngest brother, who now entered, "nor sheep nor lamb, nor aught that eats grass and corn."

From The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott

How much would you want for a good, fat stirk?

From A Prince of Good Fellows by Robert Barr

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