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 ( -ock )

Example Sentences

It’s a wonder the marriage hasna been turned into a burial, and all because o’ that Highland stirk, Lauchlan Campbell.”

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

He was "big as a stirk," one informant has declared The "fearsome tail" appears to have been not the least impressive thing about it.

From Elves and Heroes by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

"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 Scott, Walter, Sir

It was a full and satisfying paper, with its agricultural advertisements, its roups, reported with an accuracy of detail that condescended on a solitary stirk, its local intelligence, its facetious anecdotes.

From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)