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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Ravin \Rav"in\ (r[a^]v"'n), a.
      Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] Ravin
   
                   
                 

2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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.
      [1913 Webster] Ravin
   
                   
                 

3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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.
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4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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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5.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
      See Raven, v. t. & i.
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