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Raff

//ɹæf// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. countable, uncountable

    "A raff of errors."

  2. 2
    A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.
  3. 3
    The common rabble or mob; riffraff. countable, uncountable

    "Jostling with unemployed labourers of the lowest class, ballast-heavers, coal-whippers, brazen women, ragged children, and the raff and refuse of the river, he makes his way with difficulty along […]"

  4. 4
    A low fellow; a churl. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.

    "Causes and effects which I thus raffe up together."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).

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