Definition of ravel

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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..

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Sojournment :: Sojournment (n.) Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler..
Soberly :: Soberly (adv.) In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
Spoor :: Spoor (n.) The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa..
Wrap :: Wrap (n.) A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling..
Parterre :: Parterre (n.) An ornamental and diversified arrangement of beds or plots, in which flowers are cultivated, with intervening spaces of gravel or turf for walking on..
Gravely :: Gravely (adv.) In a grave manner.
Screen :: Screen (n.) A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like..
Posthaste :: Posthaste (n.) Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..
Tavern :: Tavern (n.) A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities..
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Towpath :: Towpath (n.) A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil..
Concrete :: Concrete (n.) A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures..
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel..
Plunder :: Plunder (v. t.) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers..
Howadji :: Howadji (n.) A merchant; -- so called in the East because merchants were formerly the chief travelers.
Hopperings :: Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
Journey :: Journey (v. i.) To travel from place to place; to go from home to a distance.
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