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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CORRIE, Correi, Corri, n. A hollow in a hill-side; a hollow between hills. Now frequently used by Eng. writers in reference to Scotland. [′kɔrɪ̢]Sc. 1810 Scott Lady of the Lake iii. xvi.:
Fleet foot on the correi, Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, How sound is thy slumber! [Scott writes corri in Waverley xvi.]Sc. 1985 Donald Bennet ed. The Munros (1991) 35:
A very attractive feature of this hill is its northern corrie which holds in its depths the dark circular Locha nan Cat.Ags. 1924 A. Gray Any Man's Life 47:
Muckle hills and lynns and corries.m.Sc. 1986 Colin Mackay The Song of the Forest 25:
"I heard the wolf howl from the corrie," ... wm.Sc. 1989 Scotsman 15 Jul 3:
Heavy stock of lambs right up to the corrie of the eyrie ...Arg. 1901 N. Munro Doom Castle i.:
It was an afternoon in autumn . . . the nuts, in the corries of Ardkinglas, the braes of Ardno, dropping upon bracken burned to gold.Lnk. 1894 R. Reid Poems 29:
The burn doon by, That deaves the corrie wi' its wilyart croon.