Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ravine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ravine
n : a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
running water)
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