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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Canoeman :: Canoeman (n.) One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.
Roadside :: Roadside (n.) Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.
Steam :: Steam (v. i.) To move or travel by the agency of steam.
Denouement :: Denouement (n.) The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance..
Ravel :: Ravel (v. t.) To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve..
Gravel-stone :: Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus..
Wayfare :: Wayfare (v. i.) To journey; to travel; to go to and fro.
Valise :: Valise (n.) A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau..
Shingly :: Shingly (a.) Abounding with shingle, or gravel..
Chessil :: Chessil (n.) Gravel or pebbles.
Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.
Founderous :: Founderous (a.) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road..
Glacis :: Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)..
Way-wise :: Way-wise (a.) Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.
Feaze :: Feaze (v. t.) To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope..
Gravelliness :: Gravelliness (n.) State of being gravelly.
Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (n.) A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
Tenaillon :: Tenaillon (n.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions..
Capcase :: Capcase (n.) A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest..
Perambulate :: Perambulate (v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line..
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