corbie

American  

[kawr-bee] / ˈkɔr bi /

noun

Scot.

1. a raven or crow.

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corbie British  

/ ˈkɔːbɪ, ˈkɔːrbɪ /

noun

1. a Scot name for raven 1 crow 1

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Etymology

Origin of corbie

1150–1200; Middle English corbin < Old French < Latin corvīnus corvine

Example Sentences

And to you, bonny lad," replied the complimented dame, dropping a courtesy, "may the corbie never cry at ye nor ill-faured pie juik at your left elbow.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

Ye're like the corbie messenger—ye come wi' neither alms nor answer.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

It was like a muckle black corbie carrying off a cushat doo.

From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)

"Bring him safe," said she, "for if you fail, and prove a corbie messenger, I promise you worse than the sharpest sting of the most angry bee."

From Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

As I went I heard the grey crow croak and the muckle corbie cry "Glonk," somewhere over by the Slock of the Hooden.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)