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Definition of Reaving
1. reave [v] - See also: reave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reaving
Literary usage of Reaving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Australia: Containing Hints to Emigrants, Proceedings of the South by Henry Capper (1838)
"... wedges and iron rings for mauls, cleaving axes or reaving irons, for splitting
palings, &c.; some large breaking-up, grubbing, and other strong hoes. ..."
2. Iona, the Sacred Isle by Robert Jaffray (1907)
"reaving the island, the homeward f course lies first to the southward, among the
numerous reefs and rocky islets of lona Sound; and then, ;. ..."
3. The Revised Statutes, Codes and General Laws of the State of New York by New York (State), Clarence Frank Birdseye (1896)
"160 reaving horses without being tied. NO driver of any carriage used for the
purpose of conveying passengers for hire, shall leave the horses attached ..."
4. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... which we still preserve when we say they bereaved ; and in the northern parts
of England, the words robbing and reaving are still used promiscuously to ..."
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