Ravage, m. (popular), sundry pieces of metal found in the gutters or on the banks of the river.
Ravager (thieves’), to steal linen from a lavoir public, or washerwoman’s punt.
Ravageur, m. (thieves’), thief who exercises his industry on washerwomen’s punts established on the banks of the Seine; (popular) man who drags the banks of the river, or the gutters, in the hope of finding lumps of metal or other articles, a kind of “mudlark.” Concerning the latter term, the Slang Dictionary says a mudlark is a man or woman who, with clothes tucked above the knee, grovels through the mud on the banks of the Thames, when the tide is low, for silver or pewter spoons, old bottles, pieces of iron, coal, or any article of the least value, deposited by the retiring tide, either from passing ships or the sewers.
Ravaudage, m. (popular), faire du ——, to make love to several girls at a time, so as not to remain “in the cold.”
Raverta, m. (Jewish tradesmen’s), servant.
Ravescot, m. (obsolete), venereal act.
Ravignolé, m. (thieves’), new offence.
Ravine, f. (popular), wound; scar.
Raviné, adj. (familiar), the worse for wear. Des dents ravinées, bad teeth.