CRAVEN, CRAVENT, CRAVANT, n.
1. A word of obloquy, used formerly by one vanquished in trial by battle, and yielding to the conqueror. Hence, a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted spiritless fellow.2. A vanquished, dispirited cock.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.