ravin

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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

"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

No thought he had but mere despair, no hope but the mere ravin of a beast.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

It put with irate and verbose extravagance the fact that sometimes Nature, red in tooth and claw, With ravin shrieked against his creed; but it failed to see any but one side of the question.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

The thievery of his thoughts and the ravin of his envy would have provided interesting bases of speculation for the reflective magistrate, since, if, according to the metaphysician, thoughts are things, he committed crimes daily.

From The Flaw in the Sapphire by Snyder, Charles M.