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/stɜːk/ · noun
(British, Scotland, dialectal, dated) 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.
Comprising eleven calved and in-calf cows and heifers, three barren cows, four fat cows and heifers, two sturks and three yearlings; fifteen in-lamb ewes and theaves, […]
he could stop a running stirk by the horns, so strong he was in the wrist-bones.
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Stirk means (British, Scotland, dialectal, dated) A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer..
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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.
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