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Stirk

[stɜːk]

A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.

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    A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.

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sturknounDated form of stirk. [(British, Scotland, dialectal, dated) A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.]
styrkenounAlternative form of stirk. [(British, Scotland, dialectal, dated) A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.]
stotnoun(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound.
steerlingnounA young or small steer (cattle).
staggering bobnoun(UK, Ireland, obsolete) A newborn calf.
studderynoun(obsolete) A stud, or collection of breeding horses and mares.
bull stagnoun(obsolete) A castrated bull.
stagnoun(countable) An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
bullocknounA castrated bull; an ox.
queynoun(Scotland, Northern England) A heifer.
rudsternoun(Northern England) a post in a cowshed for tethering cattle
steerverb(intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
studnoun(colloquial) A sexually attractive, promiscuous male.
bestial(literally and figuratively) Beast-like.
colpindachnoun(Scots law, obsolete) A two-year-old heifer.
stammelnounA bright red colour, like that of the stammel cloth.
she-stuffnoun(US) Female stock, especially cattle.
steednoun(archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially one used for riding.
calfnounA young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
ridstakenoun(Northern England) a post in a cowshed for tethering cattle

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