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Meaning of RAVIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Rav"in\, n.
    Ravenous. [Obs.] --Shak.
    
  2. \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.
    
  3. \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
    See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
    
 
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