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ra·ven¹

(rā′vən)

1. A large bird (Corvus corax) of the Northern Hemisphere, having black plumage and a croaking cry.

2. Any of several similar birds of the genus Corvus, found in Africa, Australia, and southwestern North America.

adj.

Black and shiny: raven tresses.

[Middle English, from Old English hræfn.]

rav·en²

(răv′ən)

v. rav·ened, rav·en·ing, rav·ens

v.tr.

1. To consume greedily; devour.

2. To seek or seize as prey or plunder.

v.intr.

1. To seek or seize prey or plunder.

2. To eat ravenously.

Variant of ravin.

[From Middle English ravin, raven, rapine, plunder, prey; see ravin.]

rav′en·er n.

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In the Chronicles Lincoln is recorded as saying that foreign trade makes 'Englishmen want and starue' whilst the foreigners 'liue aboundantlie in great pleasure', a hint at the sexual abandonment which is made more explict with reference to the foreigners as 'raueners', (19) a word which implies sexual force, greed, and gluttony, as well as robbery (OED, Ravener, n.1, 2, 3 ).

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