See also: Corrie

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Etymology

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From Highland Scottish Gaelic, perhaps from Celtic cor ("a corner").

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corrie (plural corries)

  1. (Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
    • 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XVI:
      Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!

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Scots

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Etymology 1

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From Scottish Gaelic coire (caldron); compare Irish coire.[1]

Noun

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corrie (plural corries)

  1. a hollow between hills; a cirque on a hillside

Etymology 2

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See coorie.

Verb

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corrie (third-person singular simple present corries, present participle corriein, simple past corriet, past participle corriet)

  1. alternative spelling of coorie (to stoop; to snuggle)

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