Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {To raise a siege}, to relinquish an attempt to take a place
      by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be
      relinquished.

   {To raise steam}, to produce steam of a required pressure.

   {To raise the wind}, to procure ready money by some temporary
      expedient. [Colloq.]

   {To raise Cain}, or {To raise the devil}, to cause a great
      disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang]

   Syn: To lift; exalt; elevate; erect; originate; cause;
        produce; grow; heighten; aggravate; excite.