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

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 came 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 Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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)

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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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