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ravin

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rav·in also rav·en  (rvn)
n.
1. Voracity; rapaciousness.
2. Something taken as prey.
3. The act or practice of preying.
[Middle English ravin, raven, from Old French ravine, rapine, from Latin rapna, from rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European roots.]
ravin [ˈrævɪn]
vb
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) an archaic spelling of raven2


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Four Winds Harbor was beginning to be a thing of dream and glamour and enchantment--a spellbound haven where no tempest might ever ravin.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, Alike is Hell, or Paradise, or Heaven, There best, where most with ravin I may meet; Which here, though plenteous, all too little seems To stuff this Maw, this vast unhide-bound Corps.
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