raven¹ /rāˈv(ə)n/

A large, glossy black species of crow (Corvus corax)

Shiny black like a raven

rāˈven-bone or rāˈven's-bone noun

The gristle on the spoon of the brisket, formerly thrown to the ravens after a hunt

rāˈven-duck or rāˈven's-duck noun

Fine hempen sail-cloth

raven² /ravˈin/

1. To take away by force (obsolete)
2. To devour hungrily or greedily (literary)

1. To prey rapaciously (on or upon)
2. To be intensely hungry
3. To hunger intensely (for)
4. To roam about hungrily after prey

ravˈener noun

ravˈening adjective

ravˈenous adjective

1. Plundering
2. Rapacious
3. Voracious
4. Intensely hungry

ravˈenously adverb

ravˈenousness noun

ravin, raven or ravine /ravˈin/

1. Rapine
2. Preying
3. Prey (Spenser and Milton)

Ravening

ravˈin'd adjective (Shakespeare)

Prob sated, gorged

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• unalterability
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• unalterableness
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• unambiguous
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• unamenable
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