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Raffle
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.] Cotgrave.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.