Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Raven (3)

Rav″en (răv″'n), n. [OF. raviné impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.] 1. Rapine; rapacity. Ray.2. Prey; plunder; food o...

731

Raven (4)

Rav″en, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ravened (–'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Ravening.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill.2. To devour with great eagerne...

732

Raven (5)

Rav″en, v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.]Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.

733

Raven's-duck

Ra″ven's–duck′ (rā″v'nz–dŭk′), n. [Cf. G. ravenstuch.] A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

734

Ravenala

‖Rav′e‐na″la (răv′ē̍‐nä″lȧ), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana.☞ Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leav...

735

Ravener

Rav″en‐er (răv″'n‐ẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower.2. A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. Holland.

736

Ravening

Rav″en‐ing, n. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39.

737

Ravening (2)

Rav″en‐ing, a. Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. — Rav″en‐ing‐ly, adv.

738

Ravenous

Rav″en‐ous (răv″'n‐ŭs), a. [From 2d Raven.] 1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.2. Eager for prey or ...

739

Raver

Rav″er (rāv″ẽr), n. One who raves.

740

Ravin

Rav″in (răv″'n), a. Ravenous. Shak.

741

Ravin (2)

{ Rav″in, Rav″ine } (răv″'n), n. [See 2d Raven.] Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. “Fowls of ravyne.” Chaucer.Though Nature, red in tooth and clawWith ravine, shr...

742

Ravin (3)

{ Rav″in, Rav″ine, } v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i.

743

Ravine (3)

Ra‐vine″ (rȧ‐vēn″), n. [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.]...

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Raving

Rav″ing (rāv″ĭng), a. Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. — Rav″ing‐ly, adv.

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Ravish

Rav″ish (răv″ĭsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ravished (–ĭsht); p. pr. & vb. n.Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid...

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Ravisher

Rav″ish‐er (–ẽr), n. One who ravishes (in any sense).

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Ravishing

Rav″ish‐ing, a. Rapturous; transporting.

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Ravishingly

Rav″ish‐ing‐ly, adv. In a ravishing manner.

749

Ravishment

Rav″ish‐ment (–ment), n. [F. ravissement. See Ravish.] 1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of ...

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Ravissant

Rav″is‐sant (răv″ĭs‐sănt), a.(Her.) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.

751

Raw

Raw (ra̤), a. [Compar.Rawer (–ẽr); superl.Rawest.] [AS. hreáw; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. rō, Icel. hrār, Dan. raa, Sw. rå, L. crudus, Gr. κρέασ flesh, Skr. kravis ...

752

Raw (2)

Raw, n. A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.Like savage hackney coachmen, they know where there is a raw. De Quincey.

753

Rawbone

Raw″bone′ (ra̤″bōn′), a. Rawboned. Spenser.

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Rawboned

Raw″boned′ (–bōnd′), a. Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt. Shak.

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Rawhead

Raw″head′ (ra̤″hĕd′), n. A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.

756

Rawhide

Raw″hide′ (ra̤″hīd′), n. A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.