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Quoting Mark Smith <[log in to unmask]>: > Can any list members help me with the following questions; > > 1) Corie - Can anyone tell me what exactly a "corie" is? I know that it was > used to describe a measure of coal. Initially I thought this term may be a > regional variation on the word corf or corves but I have come across a > document which mentions both corves and a corie in the same paragraph > implying that they are to different measures? > I have a notion that it is derived from the word corf (corve etc) and was used as measure, each basket being deemed to be a standard capacity of 4.25 hundredweight of coal. Graham --