Both Uses of
ravish
in
Gone with the Wind
- He was dark of face, swarthy as a pirate, and his eyes were as bold and black as any pirate's appraising a galleon to be scuttled or a maiden to be ravished.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- You forget, Mrs. Butler, that I am now a Democrat in good standing, devoted to my last drop of blood to recovering our beloved state from the hands of her ravishers!†
Chpt 5.58
Definition:
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(ravish as in: afraid they would ravish her) to rape, overwhelm or plunder