dial. Obs. [Irregularly f. STIR v.] A light cross furrow plowing of a fallow. Also attrib. Hence † Stirree v. trans. to give a ‘stirree’ to (land).
1733. W. Ellis, Chiltern & Vale Farm., 55. A Fallow and a Stirree is enough for a Chalk. Ibid., 308. But the more industrious Man will give his Wheat Land a Fallow in April, and two Stirrees between that and sowing time. Ibid., 319. This is the strongest and largest Plough … imployed at Fallow and Stirree Times, &c. Ibid. (1750), Mod. Husb., IV. i. 21 (E. D. D.). They stirree it at the beginning of this month.
