corbie
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Old French corb. French corbeau, Old French corbel, diminutive from Latin corvus raven.
Noun [edit]
corbie (plural corbies)
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Scots [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French corbe, from Latin corvus.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈkɔrbɪ/, /ˈkorbi/
Noun [edit]
corbie (plural corbies)
- raven; (sometimes also) carrion crow, rook
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:
- The priests and the Irish officers, and thae papist cattle that hae been sodgering abroad, because they durstna bide at hame, are a' fleeing thick in Northumberland e'enow; and thae corbies dinna gather without they smell carrion.
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:
