Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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CORBACK, n.2 Reduced form of cork-back, the upper or cork-rope of a herring-net from which it is suspended in the water (Rs. 1950). See Bauk, n.3
