Rav"en*ing, n. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. Luke xi. 39.
Rav"en*ing, a. Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --
Rav"en*ing*ly, adv.
Rav"en*ous (rv"'n*s), a. [From 2d Raven.] 1. Devouring with rapacious
eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous
wolf or vulture.