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CORBIE (Lat. corvus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 136 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CORBIE (Lat. corvus)

CORBIE (See also:
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Lat. See also:
CORVUS, MARCUS VALERIUS (c. 370–270 B.C.)
corvus) , a See also:

CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

crow or See also:

RAVEN (O.E. hrafn, ,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, Du. raaf, Ger. Rabe)

raven . In See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, " See also:

CORBIE (Lat. corvus)

corbie steps " is a Scottish See also:

TERM

term (cf . See also:

CORBEL (Lat. corbellus, a diminutive of corvus, a raven, on account of the beak-like appearance; Ital. mensola, Fr. corbeau, cul-de-lampe, Ger. Kragstein)

CORBEL) for the steps formed up the sides of the gable by breaking the See also:

COPING (from " cope," Lat. capa)

coping into See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

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HORIZONTAL

horizontal beds .

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