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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Raff \Raff\ (r[.a]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raffed (r[.a]ft); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Raffing.] [OF. raffer, of German origin; cf.
     G. raffen; akin to E. rap to snatch. See Rap, and cf.
     Riffraff, Rip to tear.]
     To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a
     promiscuous sweep. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Causes and effects which I thus raff up together.
                                                    --Carew.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Raff \Raff\, n.
     1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber;
        refuse. ``A raff of errors.'' --Barrow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly
        used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A low fellow; a churl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov.
        Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Raff \Raff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Raffing.] [OF. raffer, of German origin; cf. G. raffen;
     akin to E. rap to snatch. See Rap, and cf. Riffraff,
     Rip to tear.]
     To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a
     promiscuous sweep. [Obs.]
  
           Causes and effects which I thus raff up together.
                                                    --Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Raff \Raff\, n.
     1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber;
        refuse. ``A raff of errors.'' --Barrow.
  
     2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly
        used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
  
     3. A low fellow; a churl.
  
     Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov.
        Eng.]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  raff
     n.
     A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
     vb.
     To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous
  sweep.
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.
     Welsh n.
     (soft mutation of cy rhaff)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Raff
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  raff
     n.
     A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
     vb.
     To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous
  sweep.
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Raff
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  raff
     n.
     A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
     vb.
     To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous
  sweep.
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.
     Welsh n.
     (soft mutation of cy rhaff)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Raff
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  raff
     n.
     A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
     vb.
     To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous
  sweep.
     alt.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.
     n.
     (lb en nautical) A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before
  the wind.
     Welsh n.
     (soft mutation of cy rhaff)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Raff
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  raff /ɹˈaf/ 
  lůza

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  raff /ɹˈaf/ 
  chátra

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  raff /ɹˈaf/
  1. ayaktakımı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹæf/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "raff":
     cattle, chaff, clamjamfry, debris, dregs, dregs of society, dust,
     junk, litter, lumber, masses, mob, offscourings, offscum,
     other half, proletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rubbish,
     rubble, scrap, scum, shoddy, sordes, swinish multitude, trash,
     truck, vermin
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 大量,许多

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 下层人民;大众;无赖;废物

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