Stirk

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ÉœË(r)k

Origin

From Middle English stirk, sterke, styrke, from Old English stÄ«rc, stÈ³rc, stÈ³ric, stÄ«orc ("calf, a stirk, a young bullock or a heifer"), from Proto-Germanic *stiurikaz ("bullock"), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *steuraz ("steer"), equivalent to steer + -ock. Cognate with Middle Low German sterke ("stirk"), Middle Dutch stierick ("stirk"), German Sterk, StÃ¤rke, Stark ("stirk"). More at steer.

Full definition of stirk

Noun

stirk

(plural stirks)

(UK, Scotland, dialect, dated) A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.

1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 20:he could stop a running stirk by the horns, so strong he was in the wrist-bones.

Anagrams

skirt