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raffle |
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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