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RAVINE

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 928 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RAVINE , a deep, narrow See also:

GORGE

gorge, cleft or valley in a See also:

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain, worn by the violent See also:

rush of See also:

WATER

water, whence the name, which comes through Fr. from See also:

LAT

Lat. rapina, violent See also:

ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

robbery or See also:

PLUNDER

plunder (rapere, to seize) . The doublet " ravin " or See also:

RAVEN (O.E. hrafn, ,Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, Du. raaf, Ger. Rabe)

raven," robbery, greed, has given See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the more learned See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form " rapine," but is still seen in " ravenous," greedy, voracious .

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