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ravine
(encz) | ravine,rokle n: Zdeněk Brož |
ravine
(encz) | ravine,strž Zdeněk Brož |
Ravine
(gcide) | 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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ravine
(gcide) | 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.
27.
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ravine
(gcide) | 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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Ravine
(gcide) | Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
See Raven, v. t. & i.
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Ravine
(gcide) | 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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ravine
(wn) | ravine
n 1: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
running water) |
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ravine
(encz) | ravine,rokle n: Zdeněk Brožravine,strž Zdeněk Brož |
kravinec
(czen) | kravinec,cowpatn: Zdeněk Brož |
Landgravine
(gcide) | Landgravine \Land"gra*vine\, n. [G. landgr[aum]fin; cf. D.
landgravin.]
The wife of a landgrave.
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Margravine
(gcide) | Margravine \Mar"gra*vine\, n. [G. markgr[aum]fin: cf. F.
margrafine.]
The wife of a margrave.
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Palsgravine
(gcide) | Palsgravine \Pals"gra*vine`\, n. [D. paltsgravin: cf. G.
pfalzgrafin.]
The consort or widow of a palsgrave.
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ravine
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] RavinRaven \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.
27.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
See Raven, v. t. & i.
[1913 Webster]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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ravines
(gcide) | Valley \Val"ley\, n.; pl. Valleys. [OE. vale, valeie, OF.
val['e]e, valede, F. vall['e]e, LL. vallata, L. vallis,
valles. See Vale.]
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1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains;
the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions
intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a
stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or
both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
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The valley of the shadow of death. --Ps. xxiii.
4.
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Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
--Milton.
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Note: Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually
the results of erosion by water, and are called
gorges, ravines, canyons, gulches, etc.
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2. (Arch.)
(a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which
have their plates running in different directions, and
form on the plan a reentrant angle.
(b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on
a flat roof.
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Valley board (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead
gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead
gutter are not usual in the United States.
Valley rafter, or Valley piece (Arch.), the rafter which
supports the valley.
Valley roof (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See
Valley, 2, above.
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ravine
(wn) | ravine
n 1: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
running water) |
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