Ravin

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raven \Rav"en\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [OF. ravine impetuosity,
     violence, F. ravine ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written
     also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
     1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.
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     2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.
     To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
     [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
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           Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.          --Gen. xlix.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravin \Rav"in\ (r[a^]v"'n), a.
     Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [See 2d
     {Raven}.]
     Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of
     ravyne." --Chaucer.
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           Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
           With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
     See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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