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styrke

styrke is the alternative 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 styrke

pluralstyrkes

Questions about styrke

What is styrke the alternative form of?
Styrke is the alternative form of stirk.

Words near styrke in the dictionary

  1. styrenyl
  2. styrenyls
  3. Styria
  4. Styrian
  5. Styrians
  6. styrke
  7. styro
  8. styrofoam
  9. styrofoam popcorn
  10. styrofoamed
  11. styrofoams

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