An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Belg. korf, Isl. koerf, Lat. corb-is, id.

CORF, s. A temporary building, a shed.
Bannatyne Poems.

A. S. cruft, a vault, Teut. krofte, a cave.

Corf-House, s. A house, shed, erected for the purpose of curing salmon, and for keeping the nets in, S. B.
Courant.

CORFT, part. pa. Corft fish are fish boiled with salt and water, S. B.

CORKY, adj. Airy, brisk.
Sir J. Sinclair.

CORMUNDUM. To cry Cormundum, to confess a fault.
Kennedy.

In allusion to one of the Penitential Psalms.

CORNCRAIK, s. The Crake or land rail, Rallus crex, Linn.
V. [Craik].
Houlate.

Probably denominated from its cry.