[net.wines] bock etymology

grahamr@azure.UUCP (Graham Ross) (04/16/84)

I believe that the German word, coincidentally or not, means male goat,
but for the sake of English, avoid using "ram" for a male goat!  A ram
is a male sheep.  You can use "billy goat" or "he-goat" for this purpose.

Graham Ross, Tektronix.  ...!tektronix!tekmdp!grahamr