单词 | corbin |
释义 | † corbinn. Obsolete. A raven. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus corax (raven) raveneOE corbin?c1225 corbelc1400 carrion-raven1589 raven-crow1792 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 67 Þe bacbitere..bekeð mid his blake bile on quike caroines. as he þet is þe deofles corbin of helle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3332 Licknes to corbin [Fairf. rauen] had he nan. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1892 For-þi men sais on messager þat lengs lang to bring answare, He mai be cald, with right resun, An of messagers corbun. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xxxvv Embraudered with Corbyns fethers. Compounds corbin-bone n. the raven's bone, or lower end of the breast-bone of a deer. Cf. corbel n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > breast and parts corbin-bonea1425 essay1611 a1425 Bk. Hunting 1586 (Halliw.) Then take out the shoulders slitting anone The belly to the side to the corbin~bone. 1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. II. iii. 405 To give..the quarre to the hounds, and the expected corbin bone to the raven. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?c1225 |
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