ravin Meaning, Definition & Usage

Rav"in noun
Definitions
  1. Ravenous. Obs. Shak.
Rav"in, Ravine noun (Also<
  • Ravin
  • Ravine
)
Etymology
See 2d Raven.
Definitions
  1. Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of ravyne." Chaucer.
    Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. Tennyson.
    famous quote from In memoriam, 56, st. 4
Rav"in, Rav"ine transitive verb & intransitive verb (Also<
  • Ravin
  • Ravine
)
Definitions
  1. See Raven, v. t. & v. i.

Webster 1913