Definition of ravel

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Ravel (v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

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Ravel :: Ravel (v. i.) To fall into perplexity and confusion.
Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle..
Night-faring :: Night-faring (a.) Going or traveling in the night.
Perplex :: Perplex (a.) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts..
Graveled :: Graveled (imp. & p. p.) of Grave.
Lane :: Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice..
Wander :: Wander (v. t.) To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through.
Gravelling :: Gravelling () of Grave.
Bushwhacker :: Bushwhacker (n.) One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes..
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)..
Viatecture :: Viatecture (n.) The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc..
Unwayed :: Unwayed (a.) Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit..
Peddler :: Peddler (n.) One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..
Unravelment :: Unravelment (n.) The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
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