Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Raffle \Raf"fle\, n. [See {Raff}, n. & v., and {Raffle}.]
   Refuse; rubbish; raff.

Raffle \Raf"fle\, n. [F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr.
   rafter to carry or sweep away, rafler tout to sweep stakes;
   of German origin; cf. G. raffeln to snatch up, to rake. See
   {Raff}, v.]
   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.

Raffle \Raf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Raffled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Raffling}.]
   To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.

Raffle \Raf"fle\, v. t.
   To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off;
   as, to raffle off a horse.

Source : WordNet®

raffle
     v : dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the
         Bahamas" [syn: {raffle off}]

raffle
     n : a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money