ravin

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How bitter a thing this was to this barrister of Gray’s Inn, may be seen in the strange terms of terror and ravin with which he characterizes these “strong, puissant, counterfeit holy, and idle beggars.”

From A Supplication for the Beggars by Fish, Simon

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

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 Gore, Charles

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, And strangled for his lionesses; And filled his caves with prey, And his dens with ravin.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

As a sword is the heart of the God thy brother, But thine as the heart of a new-made mother,1320 To deliver thy sons from his ravin, and rage of his tide.

From Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles