RAPILLI
Ra*pil"li, n. pl. Etym: [It.] (Min.)
Defn: Lapilli.
RAPINE Rap"ine, n. Etym: [F. rapine; cf. Pr. & It. rapina; all fr. L. rapina, fr. rapere to seize and carry off by force. See Rapid, and cf. Raven rapine.]
1. The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder. Men who were impelled to war quite as much by the desire of rapine as by the desire of glory. Macaulay.
2. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] Shak.
RAPINE
Rap"ine, v. t.
Defn: To plunder. Sir G. Buck.
RAPINOUS
Rap"i*nous, a.
Defn: Given to rapine. [Obs.]
RAPPAGE
Rap"page, n. (Founding)