stirk
/stəːk
/noun dialect
A yearling bullock or heifer.Handily, there is a glossary, so that you, too, will know that a tufter is an old hound, and a stirk is a shorthorned bullock....
- The odd dairy cow made £530, stirks ranged from £150 - £450 and stronger stores made up to £492.
- The use of markets is prohibited for pregnant stock, stirks under six months and lambs under 12 weeks.
Origin
Old English stirc, perhaps from stēor 'steer' + -oc (see -ock).
Rhymes
- proton-accepting
- proton acceptor
- protonate
- protonation
- proton-donating
- proton donator
- proton donor
- protonema
- protonemal
- protonematal
- protoneolithic
- protonephridial
- protonephridium
- protonephron
- protonephros
- proton gradiometer
- protonic
- protonically
- proto-Nile
- proton magnetometer
- protonmotive
- protonmotive force
- protonosphere
- protonotarial
- protonotariat