corbie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of corbie
1150–1200; Middle English corbin < Old French < Latin corvīnus corvine
Example Sentences
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Robin was sitting on the side o' the West Lowmond, ae still gloomy night in September, when he saw a bridal o' corbie craws coming east the lift, just on the edge o' the gloaming.
From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by Hogg, James
Tom, lad, I am not altogether satisfied that yon corbie was a trustworthy messenger.
From Viking Boys by Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmondston
Ye're like the corbie messenger—ye come wi' neither alms nor answer.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
"And yesterday, workin' my stockin', And you wi' the sheep on the hill, A muckle black corbie sat croakin'; I kend it foreboded some ill."
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
In Holland, Belgium and Scotland a succession of steps was employed, which in the latter country are known as crow gables or corbie steps.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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