Raffle /(răf"f'l)/

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.]

1. Refuse; rubbish; raff.

imp. & p. p. Raffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling

1. To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

1. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.