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Definition of ravel

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Ravel (v. t.) To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking..

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Redoubt :: Redoubt (n.) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin..

Wayfare :: Wayfare (n.) The act of journeying; travel; passage.

Pulkha :: Pulkha (n.) A Laplander's traveling sledge. See Sledge.

Going :: Going (n.) The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad..

Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..

Gest :: Gest (n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Turkish man-of-war.

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.

Wayworn :: Wayworn (a.) Wearied by traveling.

Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..

Travel :: Travel (n.) Labor; parturition; travail.

Peragrate :: Peragrate (v. t.) To travel over or through.

Raveling :: Raveling (n.) The act of untwisting or of disentangling.

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A name given to several kinds of vessels.

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin..

Ballast :: Ballast (v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid..

Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc..

Groove :: Groove (n.) A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut..

Denouement :: Denouement (n.) The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance..

Trade :: Trade (v.) A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort..