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

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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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