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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Raven \Rav"en\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [OF. ravine impetuosity,
   violence, F. ravine ravine. See Ravine, Rapine.] [Written
   also ravin, and ravine.]
   1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.
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   2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.
   To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
   [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
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         Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.          --Gen. xlix.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [See 2d
   Raven.]
   Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of
   ravyne." --Chaucer.
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         Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
         With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
   See Raven, v. t. & i.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ravine \Ra*vine"\ (r[.a]*v[=e]n"), n. [F., a place excavated by
   a torrent, a ravine, fr. ravir to snatch or tear away, L.
   rapere; cf. L. rapina rapine. See Ravish, and cf. Rapine,
   Raven prey.]
   1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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   2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or
      torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

87 Moby Thesaurus words for "ravine":
   abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon,
   breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink,
   cleft, cleuch, clough, clove, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny,
   crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dell, dike, dingle,
   ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume,
   fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove,
   grove, gulch, gulf, gully, gutter, hole, incision, intervale,
   joint, kloof, leak, linn, lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening,
   pass, passage, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit,
   slot, split, strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, void, wadi,
   wash