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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.

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