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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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