- a variation of raven.
ravin
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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The Laureate, seeking Love's last law, Finds "Nature red in tooth and claw With ravin"; fierce and ruthless.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 14, 1892 by Various
Ae nicht whan the win' gaed ravin aboot, And the winnocks war speckled wi' faem, Frae room to room she strayt in and oot, And she spied her pearly kaim.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
It was an everlasting pity Alden contradicted him, for he broke out like one ravin distracted mad.
From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Bartle stared at him; "Bodagh Buie's!—what do I know about Bodagh Buie? are you ravin'?"
From Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
Nature, as red in tooth and claw with ravin, is thus without question a large and general fact that must be considered by any theory of teleology which can be propounded.
From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore
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