单词 | quey stirk |
释义 | > as lemmasquey stirk quey stirk n. a young cow, usually between one and two years old. ΚΠ ?1550 in P. A. Kennedy Notts. Househ. Inventories (1512–62) (1962) 26 2 qwystyrkes + 4 calffes. 1591 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 176 A whye stirke spinked. 1627 Dumfries Test. f. 121v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Quy Ane sowkin quey stirk. 1680 Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Test. 24 Dec. A queay stirk. 1814 J. Sinclair Gen. Rep. Agric. State & Polit. Circumstances Scotl. III. 23 While she gets milk she is called a cow-calf or quey-calf,—then a quey-stirk. 1896 F. M. T. Palsgrave List Words & Phrases Hetton-le-Hole at Quey Quey stirk, two-year-old heifer. 1964 Kilmarnock Standard 2 May 1 19 Cows,..6 Quey Stirks, 1 Bullock Stirk, 3 Ayrshire Quey Calves. < as lemmas |
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