Part 184 (1/2)

_Lyndsay_

Ir Gael _coranach_, from _cora_, a _quoir_, Lat _chorus_

2 A cry of alarm, a sort of war-cry

_Bannatyne Poems_

3 A proclapipe

_Warton_

CORBIE, CORBY, _s_ A raven; Corvus corax, Linn, S

_Henrysone_

Fr _corbeau_, Ital _corvo_, Lat _corv-us_, id

_Corbie-Aits_, _s pl_ A species of black oats, denominated perhaps from their dark colour, S B

~Corbie Messenger~, A er who either returns not at all, or too late, S

_Houlate_

CORBIE-STEPS, _s pl_ The projections of the stones, or the slanting part of a gable, rese steps of stairs, S

Fr _corbeau_, a corbeil in masonry

CORBIT, _adj_ Apparently, crooked

_Maitland_

Fr _courbe_, id _courbette_, a small crooked rafter

CORBUYLE, _s_ Leather greatly thickened and hardened in the preparation, jacked leather

_Douglas_

Fr _cuir bouilli_, corium coctum

CORCHAT, _s_ Crotchet, a term in music