Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RAVISHING, ppl.adj. Ravenous (Abd. 1921 T.S.D.C.).
[Obs. in Eng. since early 17th-c., but prob. in the above usage a new form conflated from ravenous and famishing.]