Corbie

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corbie \Cor"bie\ or Corby \Cor"by\ (k[^o]r"b[y^]), n.; pl.
     {Corbies} (-b[i^]z). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L.
     corvus raven.]
     1. (Zool.) The raven. [Scot.]
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     2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.
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     {Corbie crow}, the carrion crow. [Scot.]
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  CORBIE
       
           An early system on the {IBM 704}.
       
          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
       
          (1996-05-10)