Bible Dictionaries
Ravel

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

(2):

(v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

(3):

(n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

(4):

(v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

(5):

(v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

(6):

(n.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ravel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/ravel.html. 1828.