Definition of ravel

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Ravel (v. i.) To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern..

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Weary :: Weary (v. t.) To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling..
Night-faring :: Night-faring (a.) Going or traveling in the night.
Traveler :: Traveler (n.) A commercial agent who travels for the purpose of receiving orders for merchants, making collections, etc..
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Ravelled :: Ravelled () of Rave.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.)..
Redoubt :: Redoubt (n.) In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin..
Graveless :: Graveless (a.) Without a grave; unburied.
New :: New (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man..
Unravel :: Unravel (v. t.) To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse.
Unravelment :: Unravelment (n.) The act of unraveling, or the state of being unraveled..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed..
Peregrinity :: Peregrinity (n.) Travel; wandering.
Sledge :: Sledge (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.
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..
Shingle :: Shingle (n.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere..
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..
Posthaste :: Posthaste (n.) Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier..
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