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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.
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.
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.
n.
The edge or border of a garment or cloth, doubled over and sewed, to strengthen raveling.
n.
A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon.
n.
That which is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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n.
One who ravels.
n.
The act of untwisting or of disentangling.
n.
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
v. i.
To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
v. i.
To make investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
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.
v. t.
To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven.
v. i.
To fall into perplexity and confusion.
v. t.
To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
n.
The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
imp. & p. p.
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