raven

• Behind he heard the frightful shrieks and cries of the old man, following fast in pursuit When the old man found that he could not overtake the raven he cried to him, "Never mind; you may keep the light, but give me my shovel No; you made our village dark and you cannot have the shovel," called the raven, and flew faster, leaving the man far in the rear As the raven boy traveled home, he tore out a chunk from the light ball and threw it away, thus making a day. —  A Treasury of Eskimo Tales
• The steed on which he was mounted was black as a raven, and the hair of the young man was long, black, and flowing as his horse's sable mane. —  Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
• His face was as black as the shell of the butter-nut or the feathers of the raven, and his eyes as green as grass. —  Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian
• Very apropos of this crow or raven is the following: Heinrich Heine, in his "Germany" (vol. ii. p. 211, Heinemann's edition), compares the same to priests "whose pious croaking is so well known to our ears." —  Memoirs
• One raven was the only living representative of the birds that had fled. —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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