a. Ravenous. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See 2d Raven. ] Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. “Fowls of ravyne.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shrieked against his creed. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. -- Rav"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]