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Webster 1913 Edition
Ravin
Rav′in
(răv′’n)
, Adj.
Ravenous.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ravin
RAVIN.
[See raven.]Definition 2024
ravin
ravin
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: răvʹən, IPA(key): /ˈrævən/
- Rhymes: -ævən
Noun
ravin (uncountable)
- (obsolete) food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven
- 1850, Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H.:
- Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw / With ravine, shriek'd against his creed
- 1850, Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H.:
Adjective
ravin (comparative more ravin, superlative most ravin)
- (obsolete) ravenous
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, III. ii. 117:
- Better 'twere / I met the ravin lion when he roared / With sharp constraint of hunger;
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, III. ii. 117: