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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ravel  \Rav"el\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Raveled}or  {Ravelled};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Raveling}  or  {Ravelling}.]  [.  ravelen,  D. 
  rafelen  akin  to  LG  rebeln,  rebbeln  reffeln.] 
  1.  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  sticking. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raveling  \Rav"el*ing\,  n.  [Also  ravelling.] 
  1.  The  act  of  untwisting,  or  of  disentangling. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  raveled  out  esp.,  a  thread  detached  from  a 
  texture. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  raveling 
  n  :  a  bit  of  fiber  that  has  become  separated  from  woven  fabric 
  [syn:  {ravelling}] 




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