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_Lyndsay._
Ir. Gael. _coranach_, from _cora_, a _quoir_, Lat. _chorus_.
2. A cry of alarm, a sort of war-cry.
_Bannatyne Poems._
3. A proclamation of outlawry by means of the bagpipe.
_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 messenger 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, resembling 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.
_Dunbar._
CORCOLET, _s._ A purple dye, Shetl.
CORDYT, _pret. v._ Agreed.
_Wallace._
Fr. _accordee_.
CORDON, _s._ A band, a wreath.
Fr. id.
_Z. Boyd._
CORDOWAN, _s._ Spanish leather, Gl. Sibb. Tanned horse leather, S.
CORDS, _s. pl._ A contraction of the muscles of the neck; a disease of horses, A. Bor.
_Polwart._
CORE, _s._ A company, a body of men, often used for corps.
_Hamilton._
CORF, _s._ A basket used for carrying coals from the pit, Loth.
Belg. _korf_, Isl. _koerf_, Lat. _corb-is_, id.
CORF, _s._ A temporary building, a shed.
_Bannatyne Poems._
A. S. _cruft_, a vault, Teut. _krofte_, a cave.
~Corf-House~, _s._ A house, shed, erected for the purpose of curing salmon, and for keeping the nets in, S. B.
_Courant._
CORFT, _part. pa. Corft fish_ are fish boiled with salt and water, S. B.
