Definition of Ravelly

1. tangled [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ravelly

ravel
ravel out
raveled
raveler
ravelers
ravelin
raveling
ravelings
ravelins
ravell'd
ravelled
raveller
ravellers
ravelling
ravellings
ravelly (current term)
ravelment
ravelments
ravels
raven
raven's duck
raven-haired
ravenala
ravenalas
ravened
ravener
raveners
ravening
raveningly
ravenings

Literary usage of Ravelly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865 by Frederick Phisterer (1890)
"... 2d Corps; Dabney's Mills, Quaker and White Oak Roads, Burgess Mills and (¡ravelly Run, 5th Corps: March 31st, White Oak Hoad and ..."

2. Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted from the Transactions of the by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"The fact is, therefore, that the F. reveilles was familiarly called ravelly, and used to mean the same as the F. sb. reveil. This further explains the ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1907)
"... to ravelly.] NY, Oxford University Press, (Amer. Branch,) 1006, [1907.] 793- 89-176 p. f°, pap., 90 c. Nettleship, R : Lewis. The theory of education in ..."

4. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1827)
"... soil, "ravelly loam, mostly through woods to lock No. 16, near the end of the mile. Excavation, 25540 cubic yards, at 8 cents, 2,04'~ 20 Grubbing, ..."

5. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"The fact is, therefore, that the F. réveillez was familiarly called ravelly, and used to mean the same as the F. sb. réveil. This further explains the ..."

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