RAFFLE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

3.
v.

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

4.
v.

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


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