stirk

1. (British, Scotland, dialectal, dated) A yearling cow; a young bullock or heifer.Examples: "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."BritishScotlanddateddialectal