Creek (Wikipedia) A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet.
If any one hire an ox, and break off a horn, or cut off its tail, or hurt its muzzle, he shall pay one-fourth of its value in money.
If a man hire an ox, and he break its leg or cut the ligament of its neck, he shall compensate the owner with ox for ox.