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ravine


  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ravin  \Rav"in\,  Ravine  \Ravine\,  n.  [See  2d  {Raven}.] 
  Food  obtained  by  violence;  plunder;  prey;  raven.  ``Fowls  of 
  ravyne.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  Though  Nature,  red  in  tooth  and  claw  With  ravine, 
  shrieked  against  his  creed.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raven  \Rav"en\,  n.  [OF.  ravine  impetuosity,  violence,  F.  ravine 
  ravine.  See  {Ravine},  {Rapine}.]  [Written  also  {ravin},  and 
  {ravine}.] 
  1.  Rapine;  rapacity.  --Ray. 
 
  2.  Prey;  plunder;  food  obtained  by  violence. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raven  \Rav"en\,  v.  i. 
  To  prey  with  rapacity;  to  be  greedy;  to  show  rapacity. 
  [Written  also  {ravin},  and  {ravine}.] 
 
  Benjamin  shall  raven  as  a  wolf.  --Gen.  xlix. 
  27. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ravin  \Rav"in\,  Ravine  \Rav"ine\,  v.  t.  &  i. 
  See  {Raven},  v.  t.  &  i. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ravine  \Ra*vine"\,  n.  [F.,  a  place  excavated  by  a  torrent,  a 
  ravine,  fr  ravir  to  snatch  or  tear  away  L.  rapere;  cf  L. 
  rapina  rapine.  See  {Ravish},  and  cf  {Rapine},  {Raven}  prey.] 
  1.  A  torrent  of  water.  [Obs.]  --Cotgrave. 
 
  2.  A  deep  and  narrow  hollow,  usually  worn  by  a  stream  or 
  torrent  of  water;  a  gorge;  a  mountain  cleft. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ravine 
  n  :  a  deep  narrow  steep-sided  valley  (especially  one  formed  by 
  running  water) 




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