Category:Ravine

Rav"in, ravine, n. Etym: [see 2d raven.]

Defn: 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.

Ravin; ravine Rav"in, rav"ine, v. t. & i.

Defn: see raven, v. t. & i.

Ravine Ra*vine", n. Etym: [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.

2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of Water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.