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bul⋅lock

[bool-uhk]
–noun
1. a castrated bull; steer.
2. a young bull.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bullok, OE bulluc. See bull 1 , -ock
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bul·lock   (bŏŏl'ək)   
n.  
  1. A castrated bull; a steer.

  2. A young bull.


[Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

bullock 
O.E. bulluc "young bull," from P.Gmc. *bulluka-, from the stem of bull (1). Now always a castrated bull reared for beef.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Bullock

(1.) The translation of a word which is a generic name for horned cattle (Isa. 65:25). It is also rendered "cow" (Ezek. 4:15), "ox" (Gen. 12:16). (2.) The translation of a word always meaning an animal of the ox kind, without distinction of age or sex (Hos. 12:11). It is rendered "cow" (Num. 18:17) and "ox" (Lev. 17:3). (3.) Another word is rendered in the same way (Jer. 31:18). It is also translated "calf" (Lev. 9:3; Micah 6:6). It is the same word used of the "molten calf" (Ex. 32:4, 8) and "the golden calf" (1 Kings 12:28). (4.) In Judg. 6:25; Isa. 34:7, the Hebrew word is different. It is the customary word for bulls offered in sacrifice. In Hos. 14:2, the Authorized Version has "calves," the Revised Version "bullocks."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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