-- Rav"en*ous*ly, adv. -- Rav"en*ous*ness, n.
Ra"ven's-duck` (r"v'nz-dk`), n. [Cf. G. ravenstuch.] A fine quality of
sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Rav"er (rv"r), n. One who raves.
Rav"in (rv"'n), a. Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak.
{ Rav"in, Rav"ine } (rv"'n), n. [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.
{ Rav"in, Rav"ine, } v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i.
Ra*vine" (r*vn"), 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.
2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of
water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
Rav"ing (rv"ng), a. Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving
lunatic. -- Rav"ing*ly, adv.
Rav"ish (rv"sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ravished (-sht); p. pr. & vb. n.
Ravishing.] [OE. ravissen, F. ravir, fr. L. rapere to snatch or tear
away, to ravish. See Rapacious, Rapid, and - ish.] 1. To seize and
carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and
accuse thee.
Shak.
This hand shall ravish thy pretended right.
Dryden.
2. To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy. "Ravished .
. . for the joy." Chaucer.
Thou hast ravished my heart.
Cant. iv. 9.
3. To have carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her
consent; to rape. Shak.
Syn. -- To transport; entrance; enrapture; delight; violate; deflour;
force.
Rav"ish*er (-r), n. One who ravishes (in any sense).
Rav"ish*ing, a. Rapturous; transporting.
Rav"ish*ing*ly, adv. In a ravishing manner.
Rav"ish*ment (-ment), n. [F. ravissement. See Ravish.] 1. The act of
carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the
ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian,
or of a wife from her husband. Blackstone.
2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
Spenser.
In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy
beauty still to gaze.
Milton.