Defn: A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.
RAFFISH
Raff"ish, a.
Defn: Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff;
worthless; low.
A sad, raffish, disreputable character. Thackeray.
RAFFLE Raf"fle, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
RAFFLE
Raf"fle, v. t.
Defn: To dispose of by means of a raffle; — often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.