- a variation of raven.
ravin
Example Sentences
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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 Bartlett, John
Is there no peace without bloodshed under the sun and moon, no respite from ravin even when the night is hooded like a dead monk?
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison
"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 MacDonald, George
"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
Save Thy lamp, Thy hound, From wolves that ravin and from thieves that prey!
From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington
