The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ravin \Rav"in\ (r[a^]v"'n), a.
Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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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.]
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Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. --Gen. xlix.
27.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
See Raven, v. t. & i.
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