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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ravine \Ra*vine"\ (r[.a]*v[=e]n"), noun [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.
2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Raven \Rav"en\ (r[a^]v"'n), noun [OF. ravine impetuosity, violence, F. ravine ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.
2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Raven \Rav"en\, verb (used without an object) To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. --Gen. xlix. 27.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\ (r[a^]v"'n), noun [See 2d {Raven}.] Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. ''Fowls of ravyne.'' --Chaucer.
Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, verb (used with an object) & i. See {Raven}, verb (used with an object) & i.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ravine
noun: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Ravine, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 629 Housing Units (2000): 281 Land area (2000): 1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km) FIPS code: 63536 Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42 Location: 40.567729 N, 76.392063 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Ravine, PA Ravine
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