ravin

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Depuis la consolidation de ce terrain des torrens nouveaux y ont creus� un ravin large et profond, par lequel s'�coulent actuellement les eaux des montagnes, et les pierres qu'elles en arrachent.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by Hutton, James

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

Our natures do pursue, Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die.

From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

Ae nicht whan the win' gaed ravin aboot,   And the winnocks war speckled wi' faem, Frae room to room she strayt in and oot,   And she spied her pearly kaim.

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George