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Raffle

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Webster'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.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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