Also 8–9 jirk. [f. JERK v.2: see also JERKY.] Jerked meat, charqui.
1799. J. Smith, Acc. Remark. Occurr. (1870), 116. We jirked the lean, and fryed the tallow out of the fat meat, which we kept to stew with our jirk as we needed it.
1851. W. De Hass, Hist. Early Settlements, VII. iii. 389. As soon as daylight appeared, the captain started to where they left some jerk hanging on the evening before.
