Turn the aerator housing counterclockwise and remove it from the faucet. Pull the O-ring off the tip of the faucet spout with your finger. The O-ring prevents leaking between the housing and the faucet. Set the O-ring in a safe place until you are ready to reinstall the housing.
After that, they are referred to as yearlings or stirks if between one and two years of age. A castrated male is called a steer in the United States; older steers are often called bullocks in other parts of the world but in North America this term refers to a young bull.
To control a bull or a steer (a young bull) the cowhand would first have to catch it. Trying to grab the neck or legs of a dangerous creature like this was not an option. The only solution was to take a deep breath and face the problem directly by grabbing the bull by the horns and then pulling it to the ground. This expression now means to confront a problem directly without âbeating about the bushâ.