'Raffle' definitions:

Definition of 'raffle'

noun

A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money

verb

Dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas" [syn: raffle, raffle off]

From: GCIDE

Raffle \Raf"fle\ (r[a^]f"f'l), n. [See Raff, n. & v., and Raffle.] Refuse; rubbish; raff. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From: GCIDE

Raffle \Raf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raffled (r[a^]f"f'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling (r[a^]f"fl[i^]ng).] To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Raffle \Raf"fle\, v. t. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Raffle \Raf"fle\ (r[a^]f"f'l), n. [F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafler 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. [1913 Webster]
2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. [1913 Webster]