From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [See 2d
{Raven}.]
Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of
ravyne." --Chaucer.
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Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.
To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
[Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
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Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. --Gen. xlix.
27.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Raven \Rav"en\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [OF. ravine impetuosity,
violence, F. ravine ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written
also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.
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2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ravine \Ra*vine"\ (r[.a]*v[=e]n"), 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.]
1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or
torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ravine
n 1: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
running water)
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