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RAVINES
Noun
ravines
plural of ravine
Anagrams
• Servian, vansire
Source: Wiktionary
RAVINE
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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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