n. [ Probably imitative of its call or cry. ] (Zool.) The European green woodpecker (Picus viridis syn. Genius viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Raffled p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling ] To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafler 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Raff, n. & v., and Raffle. ] Refuse; rubbish; raff. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who raffles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir S. Raffles. ] (Bot.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Raffled p. pr. & vb. n. Raffling ] To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rafle; faire rafle to sweep stakes, fr. rafler 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Raff, n. & v., and Raffle. ] Refuse; rubbish; raff. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who raffles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir S. Raffles. ] (Bot.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet. [ 1913 Webster ]