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One who ravels.

A detached work with two embankments with make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune and half-moon.

That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.

ive of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. Sea raven (Zoöl.), the cormorant.

A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A genus of plants related to the banana.

One who, or that which, ravens or plunders. Gower.

Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. -- Rav"en*ing*ly, adv.

Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

One who raves.

To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life." Spenser. He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer. By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman. To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak. The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson.…

One who reaves. [Archaic]

To engrave anew.

To enslave again.

A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.

e from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. God save all this fair company. Chaucer. He cried, saying, Lord, save me. Matt. xiv. 30. Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. Milton.

Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss. Specifically:

See Savable.

A kind of dried sausage. McElrath.

Safely. [Obs.] Chaucer.