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corbie
English
Alternative forms
- corby
Etymology
From Middle French corbeau, from Old French corb (from Latin corvus (“raven”)) or Old French corbel (“crow”) (from Late Latin corbellus, from Latin corvus). See also Norman corbin.
Noun
corbie (plural corbies)
- A raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
- 1825, Basil Hall, journal entry quoted in 1837, Walter Scott, J. G. Lockhart (editor), Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., in The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 7, page 417,
- From parrots we got to corbies, or ravens, and he told us with infinite humour a story of a certain tame bird of this description, whose constant delight was to do mischief, and to plague all mankind and beastkind.
- 1899, John Buchan, The Moor-song, Grey Weather, page 133,
- And with them were some lang-gowned men who kenned the stars and would come out o' nights to talk to the deer and the corbies in their ain tongue.
- 1963, John Harrington Cox (editor), 6: The Three Ravens (Child, No. 26), Folk-Songs of the South, page 31,
- In the "Twa Corbies" of Child it is the knight that is slain and one corbie is to sit on his "hause-bane" and the other is to pick out his eyes. In the West Virginia variants it is the horse that is slain, whose eyes the crows are going to pluck out.
- 1825, Basil Hall, journal entry quoted in 1837, Walter Scott, J. G. Lockhart (editor), Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., in The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 7, page 417,
- Either of two moth species of genus Oncopera, whose larvae feed on grasses, especially Oncopera intricata.
- 2007, J. B. Kirkpatrick, Chapter 5: Sheep and nature on the run country, Jamie Kirkpatrick, Kerry Bridle (editors), People, Sheep and Nature Conservation: The Tasmanian Experience, page 158,
- The eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), a species believed to be extinct on mainland Australia, is common in the run and front country, where it consumes corbie grubs and cockchafers, among slightly larger prey and carrion.
- 2007, J. B. Kirkpatrick, Chapter 5: Sheep and nature on the run country, Jamie Kirkpatrick, Kerry Bridle (editors), People, Sheep and Nature Conservation: The Tasmanian Experience, page 158,
Derived terms
- corbie gable
- corbiestep
- winter corbie (Oncopera rufobrunnea)
Related terms
- corbel
- corbeling
- corbeau
Anagrams
- Orebi?
Scots
Etymology
From Middle French corbeau, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, from Latin corvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?rb?/, /?korbi/
Noun
corbie (plural corbies)
- raven; (sometimes also) carrion crow, rook
Derived terms
- corbie messinger
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corbe
English
Etymology
Old French corbe, from Latin curvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??(?)b/
Adjective
corbe (comparative more corbe, superlative most corbe)
- (obsolete) crooked
- I deeme thy braine emperished bee
Through rusty elde, that hath rotted thee:
Or sicker thy head veray tottie is,
So on thy corbe shoulder it leanes amisse.
- I deeme thy braine emperished bee
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rbe
- Rhymes: -orbe
Noun
corbe f
- plural of corba
Latin
Noun
corbe
- ablative singular of corbis
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