Word Study
ravin
CIDE DICTIONARY
ravin, a.
Ravenous. Shak. [1913 Webster]
ravin, n. [See 2d Raven.].
Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed." [1913 Webster]
With ravine, shrieked against his creed." [1913 Webster]
ravin, v. t. & i.
See Raven, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ravin, n. poet. or rhet.
1 robbery, plundering.
2 the seizing and devouring of prey.
3 prey.
1 robbery, plundering.
2 the seizing and devouring of prey.
3 prey.
Idiom
beast of ravin a beast of prey.
Etymology
ME f. OF ravine f. L rapina RAPINE
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