- a variation of raven.
ravin
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Example Sentences
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This sea of silver, "hushed and halcyon," or this sea of wrath and ravin, wild as Judgment Day.
From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Richard Le Gallienne
"It's sma' won'er the puir thing hasna muckle eppiteet," remarked Mrs. Blatherwick, "considerin the w'y yon ravin laddie up the stair has been cairryin on til her!"
From Salted with Fire by George MacDonald
Thriftless ambition, that wilt ravin up Thine own life's means!
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
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
"Jenny," said David, now perfectly bewildered by all this, to him, wholly incomprehensible ravin, "ye say I'm fou; but, if I'm no greatly mistaen, ye're the fouest o' the twa."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
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