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▪ I. † ˈravelled, a.
Obs. (See ravel bread.)
1577Harrison England ii. vi. (1877) i. 154 The raueled is a kind of cheat bread also, but it reteineth more of the grosse, and less of the poore substance of the wheat. The raueled cheat..is generallie so made [etc.]. 1613Wither Abuses ii. i, For bread, they can compare with Lord and Knight. They have both raveld manchet browne and white. [1830James Darnley i. ix. 200 His pressed curds, his raveled bread, and his leathern bottle full of thin beer.]
▪ II. ravelled, ppl. a.|ˈræv(ə)ld|
[f. ravel v.1]
1. Tangled, confused, involved. (lit. and fig.)
1605Shakes. Macb. ii. ii. 37 Sleepe that knits up the rauel'd Sleeue of Care. 1642Rogers Naaman 336 How to picke out an end out of the ravelled skeine. 1666Baxter Call to Unconverted 204 Because our ravelled wits cannot see them right together. 1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, Ye..have sae kind Redd up my ravel'd doubts, and clear'd my mind. 1835Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 519 The difficult and ravelled problems touching the various collegiate foundations. 1883A. S. Swan Aldersyde ii. x, A higher hand holds the ravelled skein of life.
b. Sc. a ravelled hasp: An intricate or involved matter.
1637Fleming in A. Whyte Rutherford (1894) xxiii. 201 My inward life is a ravelled hesp and I need guidance and direction. 1720Pennecuik Helicon (ed. 2) 26 Providence seems a ravel'd Hasp. 1822Scott Pirate v, Speak her fair and canny, or we will have a ravelled hasp on the yarn-windles.
†2. Frayed out; with frayed edges; ragged. Also transf. Obs.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 47 The raueld buttonholes of her bleare eyes. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iv, A ravell'd wound distain'd her purer brest. |