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Word	Pronunciation	Definition
Rave	Rave	View More...`(?)`, `v. i.` [`imp. & p. p.` Raved `(?)`; `p. pr. & vb. n.` Raving.] [F. r'88ver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.] 1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast? Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. Macaulay. 2. To rush wildly or furiously. Spencer. 3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. Byron.
Rave	Rave	`v. t.` To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense. Young.
Ravehook	Rave"hook	`(?)`, `n.` (Shipbuilding) A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.
Ravel	Rav"el	View More...`(?)`, `v. t.` [`imp. & p. p.` Raveled `(?)` or Ravelled; `p. pr. & vb. n.` Raveling or Ravelling.] [ . ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln, reffeln.] 1. To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a sticking.<-- = to unravel? --> Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care. Shak. 2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle. 3. To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve. What glory's due to him that could divide Such raveled interests? has he not untied? Waller. The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or raveled and entangled in weak discourses! Jer. Taylor.
Ravel	Rav"el	View More... `v. i.` 1. To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy. 2. To fall into perplexity and confusion. [Obs.]ark> Till, by their own perplexities involved, They ravel more, still less resolved. Milton. 3. To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern. [Obs.] The humor of raveling into all these mystical or entangled matters. Sir W. Temple.
Raveler	Rav"el*er	`(?)`, `n.` [Also raveller.] One who ravels.
Ravelin	Rave"lin	`(?)`, `n.` [F.; cf. Sp. rebellin, It. revellino, rivellino; perhaps fr. L. re- again + vallum wall.] (Fort.) A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.
Raveling	Rav"el*ing	`(?)`, `n.` [Also ravelling.] 1. The act of untwisting, or of disentangling. 2. That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
Raven	Ra"ven	View More...`(?)`, `n.` [AS. hr'91fn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus , Gr. (Zo'94l.) A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zo'94l.), the cormorant.
Raven	Ra"ven	`a.` Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness. <-- raven-haired -->
Raven	Rav"en	`(?)`, `n.` [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.] 1. Rapine; rapacity. Ray. 2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
Raven	Rav"en	`v. t.` [`imp. & p. p.` Ravened `(?)`; `p. pr. & vb. n.` Ravening.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.] 1. To obtain or seize by violence. Hakewill. 2. To devoir with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak.
Raven	Rav"en	`v. i.` To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27.
Ravenala	Rav`e*na"la	`(?)`, `n.` [Malagasy.] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the banana. &hand; Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water, which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife, whence the plant is called traveller's tree.
Ravener	Rav"en*er	`(?)`, `n.` 1. One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower. 2. A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. [Obs.] Holland.
Ravening	Rav"en*ing	`n.` Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39.
Ravening	Rav"en*ing	`a.` Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. -- Rav"eningly, `adv.`
Ravenous	Rav"en*ous	`(?)`, `a.` [From 2d Raven.] 1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture. 2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. -- Rav"enously, `adv.` -- Rav"enousness, `n.`
Raven's-duck	Ra"ven's-duck`	`(?)`, `n.` [Cf. G. ravenstuch.] A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Raver	Rav"er	`(?)`, `n.` One who raves.
Ravin	Rav"in	`(?)`, `n.` Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak.
Ravin, Ravine	Rav"in	Ravine `(?)`, `n.` [See 2d Raven.] 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. <-- famous quote from In memoriam, 56, st. 4 -->
Ravin, Ravine	Rav"in	Rav"ine, `v. t. & i.` See Raven, `v. t. & i.`
Ravine	Ra*vine"	`(?)`, `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. 2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
Raving	Rav"ing	`(?)`, `a.` Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. -- Rav"ing*ly, `adv.`
Ravish	Rav"ish	View More...`(?)`, `v. t.` [`imp. & p. p.` Ravished `(?)`; `p. pr. & vb. n.` Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravirts>, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and -ish.] 1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. Dryden. 2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished . . . for the joy." Chaucer. Thou hast ravished my heart. Cant. iv. 9. 3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape. Shak. Syn. -- To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour; force. <-- sic. "deflour" is given in this dict. as the preferred sp. of "deflower" -->
Ravisher	Rav"ish*er	`(?)`, `n.` One who ravishes (in any sense).
Ravishing	Rav"ish*ing	`a.` Rapturous; transporting.
Ravishingly	Rav"ishingly	`adv.` In a ravishing manner.
Ravishment	Rav"ish*ment	View More...`(?)`, `n.` [F. ravissement. See Ravish.] 1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishmentx> of children from their parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband. Blackstone. 2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. Spencer. In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton. 3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.

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