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

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

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

"The croup—the croup," screamed one of the gossips; "the innocent is rouping like a corbie."

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir

"Do you mind the day yer honor shot the corbie at the Tegern See?"

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

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

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander