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Definition of Ravin
1. a. Ravenous.
2. n. Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
3. v. t. & i. See Raven,
Definition of Ravin
1. to raven [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: raven
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ravin
Literary usage of Ravin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Disease and Its Relation to Animal Life by E F Wright, Armand de Mormès Saint-Hilaire, Lèon Lecestre (1906)
"Les bords de ce ravin... étoient fort étroits et fort élevés; ... Les bords du
ravin qui couvre le centre et la droite des ennemis... étoient aussi fort ..."
2. Annual Report by Indiana Building and Loan Association Dept (1909)
"REPORT OF ravin'GS HANKS FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 1910, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911.
Five Savions Bänke. ... ravin ..."
3. History of the Twenty-ninth Division, "Blue and Gray," 1917-1919 by John Abram Cutchins, George Scott Stewart (1921)
"... by the French in the Bois d'Ormont, and only a slight penetration into the
woods was made by them. Two strong counter attacks, one on the ravin de ..."
4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1899)
"God grant His people a pure conscience able to try His Word ! WE BARNES. 1 Though
Nature, red in tooth and claw, With ravin, shrieked against his creed. ..."
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