ravenousness

[Eng. ravenous; -ne .] 1. The quality or state of being ravenous; furious voracity or avidity; rage for prey. "The ravenousne of a lion or bear is natural to them." -Hale: Orig. of Mankind. 2. Insatiable greed or avarice. "The greadie ravenousne e of their proconsul tes."Goldyng: Justine, fol. 146. *rāv-en-stone, s. [A trans. of Ger. rabenstein .] A place of execution; the gallows. ( Byron : Wer ner , ii. 2.)