RAVIN
Rav"in, n.
Defn: Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak.
RAVIN; RAVINE
Rav"in, Ravine, n. Etym: [See 2d Raven.]
Defn: 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.
RAVIN; RAVINE
Rav"in, Rav"ine, v. t. & i.
Defn: See Raven, v. t. & i.
RAVINE
Ra*vine", n. Etym: [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.
RAVING
Rav"ing, a.