Raven

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Rapine; rapacity.

II. Raven ·vt To obtain or seize by violence.

III. Raven ·vt To devour with great eagerness.

IV. Raven ·noun Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

V. Raven ·vi To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.

VI. Raven ·adj Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.

VII. Raven ·noun A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.

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