2. To devoir with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak.
RAVEN
Rav"en, v. i.
Defn: To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.
RAVENALA
Rav`e*na"la, n. Etym: [Malagasy.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants related to the banana.
Note: Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water, which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife, whence the plant is called traveller's tree.
RAVENER
Rav"en*er, n.
1. One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower.
2. A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. [Obs.] Holland.
RAVENING
Rav"en*ing, n.