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    ravelling
    [ noun ]
    a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
    <noun.substance>


    Ravel \Rav"el\ (r[a^]v"'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raveled} (-'ld)
    or {Ravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Raveling} or {Ravelling}.]
    [OD. ravelen, D. rafelen, akin to LG. rebeln, rebbeln,
    reffeln.]
    1. To separate or undo the texture of; to unravel; to take
    apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed
    by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.

    Sleep, that knits up the raveled sleave of care.
    --Shak.

    2. To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

    3. 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.

    What glory's due to him that could divide
    Such raveled interests? has the knot untied?
    --Waller.

    The faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and
    indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or
    raveled and entangled in weak discourses! --Jer.
    Taylor.

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