different between stirk vs sturk
stirk
English
Etymology
From Middle English stirk, sterke, styrke, from Old English st?rc, st?rc, st?ric, st?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, Stärke, Stark (“stirk”). More at steer.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [st??k]
- (General American) IPA(key): [st?k]
- Rhymes: -??(r)k
Noun
stirk (plural stirks)
- (Britain, Scotland, dialectal, 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.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 20:
Anagrams
- Kirst, skirt
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sturk
English
Noun
sturk (plural sturks)
- Alternative form of stirk
Anagrams
- Turks, Túrks, Türks
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