bullock

«bullock» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: young bull; steer — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

young bull; steer

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A young male animal of the cattle family. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it usually means a castrated young bull. In these texts it means a young bull, as used for sacrifice.

examples

• one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• “We do not understand,” said the bullocks. (The Jungle Book) tree →
• And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting. (Torah EXO.29.11, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

bullock

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 108 (Torah 75, tales 33, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 12.2 (Torah alone 175.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
• And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.
• And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting.
• And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting.
• one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bullock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.