Definition
| • | 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. |
| • | Of the color of the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness. |
| • | Rapine; rapacity. |
| • | Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence. |
| • | To obtain or seize by violence. |
| • | To devour with great eagerness. |
| • | To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. |
