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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

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gorge, cleft or valley in a
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mountain, worn by the violent
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rush of
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water, whence the name, which comes through Fr. from
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Lat. rapina, violent
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robbery or
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plunder (rapere, to seize) . The doublet " ravin " or
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raven," robbery, greed, has given
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place to the more learned
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form " rapine," but is still seen in " ravenous," greedy, voracious .

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