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• Ravelling (2)
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(1):

(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.

(2):

(v. i.) To become untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.

(3):

(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.

(4):

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

(5):

(v. t.) To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.

(6):

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