raven : Idioms & Phrases

Index

Night raven

  • noun nocturnal or crepuscular herons
    night heron.
  • noun any bird that cries at night
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the night; esp., the bittern.
Webster 1913

raven's-duck

Ra"ven's-duck` noun
Etymology
Cf. G. ravenstuch.
Definitions
  1. A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Webster 1913

Sea raven

  • noun large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught
    Hemitripterus americanus.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), the cormorant.
Webster 1913