Definition of ravel

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Ravel (v. i.) To fall into perplexity and confusion.

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Line :: Line (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river)..
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..
Around :: Around (adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Os :: Os (n.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar..
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..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
Inn :: Inn (n.) A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.
Bushwhacking :: Bushwhacking (n.) Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream..
Cynosure :: Cynosure (n.) The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed..
Roadster :: Roadster (n.) A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads..
Trance :: Trance (v. i.) To pass; to travel.
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) One who travels; one who has traveled much.
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) An iron encircling a rope, bar, spar, or the like, and sliding thereon..
Roadway :: Roadway (n.) A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages..
Traveled :: Traveled (imp. & p. p.) of Trave.
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..
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