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† ˈsteerish, a. Obs.
[f. steer n.1 + -ish1.]
1. Having the qualities of a steer; brutish.
c1411Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 604 The cause why men oghten þider gon, Nat conceyue can his wylde steerissh heed.
2. dial. (See quots.)
1789W. H. Marshall Glouc. I. 332 Steerish: spoken of a young, raw, growing ox; not ‘oxey’. 1851Glouc. Gloss., Steerish, young. |