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- [1] : 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.
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ravine rapine ravin ravine
- [2] : 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.
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ravin ravine
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ravin \rav"in\ ra^v"'n, a.
ravenous. obs. --shak.
1913 webster ravin
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ravin \rav"in\, ravine \rav"ine\ ra^v"'n, n. see 2d
raven.
food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "fowls of
ravyne." --chaucer.
1913 webster
though nature, red in tooth and claw
with ravine, shrieked against his creed. --tennyson.
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raven
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ravin \rav"in\, ravine \rav"ine\, v. t. i.
see raven, v. t. i.
1913 webster
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raven
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