'Ravin' definitions:

Definition of 'Ravin'

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  • Ravin \Rav"in\ (r[a^]v"'n), a. Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Ravin

Definition of 'Ravin'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Ravin

Definition of 'Ravin'

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  • Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'ravin'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'ravin'

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  • 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]

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