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

The road from the railway-station to the centre of the town is commonplace indeed in its lack of picturesque Flemish house-fronts or stepped, "corbie," Flemish gables.

From Beautiful Europe: Belgium by Morris, Joseph Ernest

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)

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

As Tammas Fraser aince said when he was takin' the Book, "Ah, that's where the rub comes in!"' and she shook her head dolefully, as much as to say, 'Nathan, you're a gone corbie!'

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing

Weel, as he cam ower the wast end o’ the Black Hill, ae day, he saw first twa, an syne fower, an’ syne seeven corbie craws fleein’ round an’ round abune the auld kirkyaird. 

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis