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r huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. Carew.

Raphaelesque.

A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

ve of Madagascar, and of considerable economic importance on account of the strong fiber (raffia) obtained from its leafstalks.

A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.

Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low. A sad, raffish, disreputable character. Thackeray.

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

One who raffles.

nes 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.

A hook or clasp. The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott.

ne or cows; hogwash; waste matter. Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle. Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.

Worthless; draffy. Bale.

Dreggy; waste; worthless. The dregs and draffy part. Beau. & Fl.

To graft; to fix deeply. [Obs.]

See Ingraftment. [Obs.]

An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.…

A steward; an overseer. [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ. John Knox.

The scarp of a ditch or moat. "To clean the graffages." Miss Mitford.

a notary or scrivener. Bowvier.

Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.