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RAVIN
Etymology
Verb
ravin (third-person singular simple present ravins, present participle ravining, simple past and past participle ravined)
(obsolete) To dine or feast upon plunder or goods seized by violence.
Noun
ravin (uncountable)
(obsolete) Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
Adjective
ravin (comparative more ravin, superlative most ravin)
(obsolete) Ravenous.
Anagrams
• Arvin, Narvi, Vanir, invar
Source: Wiktionary
Rav"in, n.
Definition: Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak.
Rav"in, Ravine, n. Etym: [See 2d Raven.]
Definition: 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.
Rav"in, Rav"ine, v. t. & i.
Definition: See Raven, v. t. & i.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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