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  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.