Also 6 gircken, 7 girking. [deriv. (? dim.) of jer- in jerfalcon, GERFALCON.] The male of the gerfalcon.
1539. Act 31 Hen. VIII., c. 12. Any faucon, gerfaucon, Ierkin, sacre or sacret.
a. 1605. Montgomerie, Poems, xviii. 25. Thair wes a gentle girking gay.
1616. Surfl. & Markh., Country Farme, 713. The male to the Gerfaulcon is that which is called the Ierkin, being a much lesse bird.
