I think the naysayers are reading too much into the fact that kirk is wearing black. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Star Trek’ Movie Photo With Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu & The U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
Ye can mak a kirk an 'a mill o' them, gin ye like. From Wordnik.com. [Alec Forbes of Howglen] Reference
When the deil has the dean the kirk will be the better. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character]
Finally the kirk was a tyranny, as a democracy may well be. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of the Reformation] Reference
The most uncanny thing about the kirk was the precentor's box beneath the pulpit. From Wordnik.com. [Auld Licht Idylls] Reference
It can have the oringinal enterprise or captain kirk, just as long as it’s the original star trek. From Wordnik.com. [Original Trek | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
All that remained now at the front of the kirk was a plain wooden ledge above the hole where the altarstone had been removed. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
What a hoot, gia calling kirk a liar, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha Sorry, but this is the funniest thing I've read in a while. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
An the nextin kirk that ye come till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
The firstin kirk that they came till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
The thirdin kirk that they came till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
'An the firstin kirk that ye come till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
'An the thirdin kirk that ye come till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
An the fourthin kirk that ye come till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
An the nextin kirk that they came till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
An the fourthin kirk that they came till. From Wordnik.com. [Gay Goshawk] Reference
In Scotland the "kirk" was at the summit of its power. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest] Reference
I'll jist tell him the trowth o ''t, an' syne he can mak a kirk an 'a mill o' 't, gien he likes. ". From Wordnik.com. [Malcolm] Reference
Scottish "kirk" language, a "supply" -- a person who could undertake the duty of filling gaps -- of enormous efficacy in his day. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century] Reference
Mak a kirk or a mill o't. From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
I 'the aisle o' the auld kirk, baith tidy and clean. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Gaen to the kirk at nicht was something to mind aboot. From Wordnik.com. [My Man Sandy] Reference
He lingered in the dear old kirk after the rest were gone. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
And that minds me, I had one asking for you at the kirk on Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
They spent the night in the kirk in prayer, when the minister said. From Wordnik.com. [And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses] Reference
They were now interrupted by some country-people coming from the kirk. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
But we had a kind o 'a kirk o' oor ain on Sabbath i 'the forenicht, for. From Wordnik.com. [My Man Sandy] Reference
On his return the Minister paused by the kirk yett, and thus soliloquised. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Our kirk to-day is a building of substantiality and even grace; then it was. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
I had the pleasure of entertaining a guest at breakfast before going to kirk. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
From the kirk corner we could hear a hushed tumult down at the Provost's close-mouth. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Keep me, fowk wud think ye was discussin 'the auld kirk questin, the wey you're roarin'. From Wordnik.com. [My Man Sandy] Reference
At Bombay a large kirk was built for less than half a lakh of rupees, but for the kirk at. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Madras] Reference
"You did," broke in Edward's attendant, "I saw you as plain as ever I saw Coudingham kirk!". From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
Gairner Winton cam 'in to speer what had come ower Sandy, for he hadna seen him at the kirk. From Wordnik.com. [My Man Sandy] Reference
"I was juist comin 'oot at the kirk door," says I, "when the minister cam 'skelp up again' me.". From Wordnik.com. [My Man Sandy] Reference
I counted ten tartans in as many minutes between the cross and the kirk, most of them friendly with. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
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