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)

Example Sentences

Then I'd be obleeged if ye wald just stap in as ye'r gaing east the gate, and tell our folk that the stirk has gat fra her tether, an' 'ill brak on the wat clover.

From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)

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)

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

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

Odd! my verra heart lap to my mouth whan I gat the glisk o' something mair like a red stirk than ought else muve off the redd.

From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie

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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)