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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raffle  \Raf"fle\,  n.  [See  {Raff},  n.  &  v.,  and  {Raffle}.] 
  Refuse;  rubbish;  raff. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raffle  \Raf"fle\,  n.  [F.  rafle;  faire  rafle  to  sweep  stakes,  fr 
  rafter  to  carry  or  sweep  away  rafler  tout  to  sweep  stakes; 
  of  German  origin;  cf  G.  raffeln  to  snatch  up  to  rake.  See 
  {Raff},  v.] 
  1.  A  kind  of  lottery,  in  which  several  persons  pay  in 
  shares,  the  value  of  something  put  up  as  a  stake,  and  then 
  determine  by  chance  (as  by  casting  dice)  which  one  of  them 
  shall  become  the  sole  possessor. 
 
  2.  A  game  of  dice  in  which  he  who  threw  three  alike  won  all 
  the  stakes.  [Obs.]  --Cotgrave. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raffle  \Raf"fle\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Raffled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Raffling}.] 
  To  engage  in  a  raffle;  as  to  raffle  for  a  watch. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raffle  \Raf"fle\,  v.  t. 
  To  dispose  of  by  means  of  a  raffle;  --  often  followed  by  off 
  as  to  raffle  off  a  horse. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  raffle 
  n  :  a  lottery  in  which  the  prizes  are  goods  rather  than  money 
  v  :  dispose  of  in  a  raffle  [syn:  {raffle  off}] 




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