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- Raffle - v. - 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.
- Raffle - v. - A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
- Raffle - v. i. - To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
- Raffle - v. t. - To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
- Raffled - imp. & p. p. - of Raffle
- Raffler - n. - One who raffles.
- Rafflesia - n. - A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.
- Raffle - v. t. - To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
- Raffle - v. i. - To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.