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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raff  \Raff\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Raffed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Raffing}.]  [OF.  raffer,  of  German  origin;  cf  G.  raffen; 
  akin  to  E.  rap  to  snatch.  See  {Rap},  and  cf  {Riffraff}, 
  {Rip}  to  tear.] 
  To  sweep,  snatch,  draw,  or  huddle  together;  to  take  by  a 
  promiscuous  sweep.  [Obs.] 
 
  Causes  and  effects  which  I  thus  raff  up  together. 
  --Carew. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raff  \Raff\,  n. 
  1.  A  promiscuous  heap;  a  jumble;  a  large  quantity;  lumber; 
  refuse.  ``A  raff  of  errors.''  --Barrow. 
 
  2.  The  sweepings  of  society;  the  rabble;  the  mob;  --  chiefly 
  used  in  the  compound  or  duplicate,  riffraff. 
 
  3.  A  low  fellow;  a  churl. 
 
  {Raff  merchant},  a  dealer  in  lumber  and  odd  refuse.  [Prov. 
  Eng.]




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