Hypertext Webster Gateway: "raffle"
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) 1.7 (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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