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

raven \ra"ven\, a.
   of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven
   darkness.
   1913 webster
   1913 webster

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

raven \rav"en\ ra^v"'n, n. of. ravine impetuosity,
   violence, f. ravine ravine. see ravine, rapine. written
   also ravin, and ravine.
   1. rapine; rapacity. --ray.
      1913 webster

   2. prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
      1913 webster
see also:
ravine rapine ravin ravine 

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

raven \rav"en\, v. t. imp.  p. p. ravened ra^v"'nd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. ravening. written also ravin, and ravine.
   1913 webster
   1. to obtain or seize by violence. --hakewill.
      1913 webster

   2. to devour with great eagerness.
      1913 webster

            like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
ravened ravening 

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

raven \rav"en\, v. i.
   to prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
   written also ravin, and ravine.
   1913 webster

         benjamin shall raven as a wolf.          --gen. xlix.
                                                  27.
   1913 webster
see also:
ravin ravine 

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

raven \ra"ven\ r=a"v'n, n. as. hraefn; akin to d. raaf,
   g. rabe, ohg. hraban, icel. hrafn, dan. ravn, and perhaps to
   l. corvus, gr. ko`rax. root19. zool.
   a large black passerine bird corvus corax, similar to the
   crow, but larger, and has a harsh, loud call. it is native of
   the northern parts of europe, asia and america, and is noted
   for its sagacity.
   1913 webster

   sea raven zool., the cormorant.
      1913 webster
see also:
corvus corax sea raven 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

raven
     n : large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped
         tail syn: corvus corax
     v 1: obtain or seize by violence
     2: prey on or hunt for; "these mammals predate certain eggs"
        syn: prey, predate
     3: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" syn: devour,
         guttle, pig
     4: feed greedily; "the lions ravened the bodies"
see also:
corvus corax prey predate devour guttle pig 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

106 moby thesaurus words for "raven":
   angry clouds, atramentous, batten, be ravenous, black,
   black as coal, black as ebony, black as ink, black as midnight,
   black as night, black cat, black clouds, bolt, bolt down,
   broken mirror, charcoal, coal, coal-black, coaly, cram, crow, dark,
   dark as night, dark as pitch, deep black, depredate, despoil,
   devour, ebon, ebony, engorge, eye hungrily, feel hungry, fleece,
   forage, foray, freeboot, gathering clouds, glut, gluttonize,
   gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, gulp down, gut, guttle, guzzle,
   halcyon bird, have a tapeworm, hunger, hunger for, ink, ink-black,
   inky, jet, jetty, live to eat, loot, maraud, midnight, night,
   night-black, night-dark, nigrous, owl, pillage, pitch, pitch-black,
   pitch-dark, pitchy, plunder, prey on, raid, rainbow, ransack,
   ravage, raven-black, ravish, reive, rifle, sable, sack,
   shooting star, sloe, sloe-black, sloe-colored, smoke, smut, soot,
   spoil, spoliate, starve, storm clouds, stormy petrel, stuff, sweep,
   tar, tar-black, tarry, thirst, thirst for, thundercloud,
   thunderhead, wolf, wolf down

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

raven
   heb. 'orebh, from a root meaning "to be black" comp. cant.
   5:11; first mentioned as "sent forth" by noah from the ark
   gen. 8:7. "every raven after his kind" was forbidden as food
   lev. 11:15; deut. 14:14. ravens feed mostly on carrion, and
   hence their food is procured with difficulty job 38:41; ps.
   147:9. when they attack kids or lambs or weak animals, it is
   said that they first pick out the eyes of their victims prov.
   30:17. when elijah was concealed by the brook cherith, god
   commanded the ravens to bring him "bread and flesh in the
   morning, and bread and flesh in the evening" 1 kings 17:3-6.
   see elijah.
   
     there are eight species of ravens in palestine, and they are
   everywhere very numerous in that land.
   
see also:
elijah 

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

raven, ky
  zip codes: 41844, 41861
raven, va cdp, fips 65744
  location: 37.09416 n, 81.86203 w
  population 1990: 2640 1062 housing units
  area: 16.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 24639

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

raven, va -- u.s. census designated place in virginia
   population 2000:    2593
   housing units 2000: 1219
   land area 2000:     6.833125 sq. miles 17.697711 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    6.833125 sq. miles 17.697711 sq. km
   fips code:            65744
   located within:       virginia va, fips 51
   location:             37.089046 n, 81.855993 w
   zip codes 1990:     24639
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    raven, va
    raven

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