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sturk

sturk is the dated form of stirk.

Meaning of stirk

Noun

stirk (plural stirks)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dated, dialectal) A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.
    • But beware of MacPhadraick, my son; for when he called himself the friend of your father, he better loved the most worthless stirk in his herd, than he did the life-blood of MacTavish Mhor.1827, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume I (The Highland Widow), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page...

Forms of sturk

pluralsturks

Questions about sturk

What is sturk the dated form of?
Sturk is the dated form of stirk.

Words near sturk in the dictionary

  1. Sturgills
  2. Sturgis
  3. Sturgises
  4. sturionian
  5. sturionians
  6. sturk
  7. Sturkie
  8. Sturkies
  9. sturks
  10. Sturla
  11. Sturm

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