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A young bull, or any male of the ox kind. Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old. Judges vi. 25.

See Bull's-eye, 3.

A carriage or cart used in India, esp. one drawn by bullocks.

cattle, and drive them to market. Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. Shak.

A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks. [Bengal] Malcom.

In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who naglected to brand his cattle.

A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock.

crifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. Ex. xxix. 36. A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices. 1 Pet. ii. 5.

ure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep. Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid. Milton.

A young bullock or heifer. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Not used; not habituated; unfamiliar; unused; -- which to. Chastened as a bullock unaccustomed to yoke. Jer. xxxi. 18.

Being a year old. "A yearling bullock to thy name small smoke." Pope.

wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. A yearling bullock to thy name shall smoke, Untamed, unconscious of the galling yoke. Pope.