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

Down with thee and see if thou canst stand up to a man, thou great stirk.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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

From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss

And Mr. Cathro made the best of it, wringing Tommy's hand effusively, while muttering, "Fool, donnard stirk, gowk!"

From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

And should some patron be so kind, As bless you wi' a kirk, I doubt na, sir but then we'll find, Ye're still as great a stirk.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

But beware of MacPhadraick, my son; for when he called himself the friend of your father, he better loved the most worthless stirk in his herd than he did the life-blood of MacTavish Mhor.

From Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott

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