raff
[noun]
Synonyms: rabble, dreg(s), mass(es), mob, other half, proletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, roughscuff, scum

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raff noun¹. [raf] ME.
[Last elem. of riff and raff s.v. RIFF noun¹ (whence RIFF-RAFF). Cf. also Swedish rafs rubbish. See also RAFT noun².]
1. A class of people or things. See also riff and raff s.v. RIFF noun¹. Only in ME.

2. Alliteration; verse, esp. alliterative verse, of a low standard. Long arch. ME.

3. Worthless material, rubbish. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. LME.

4. a. = RIFF-RAFF noun 1. L17.
scaff and raff, scaff-raff: see SCAFF noun² 2.
b. A member of the riff-raff. L18.

5. A large number of. Now rare. L17.

■ raffy adjective (obsolete exc. Scot.) of loose or coarse texture M19.

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raff noun². [raf] LME.
[Perh. from German Raf, Raff(e) dial. form of Rafe rafter, beam.]
Foreign timber, usu. in the form of planks.

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raff verb trans. [raf] obsolete exc. dial. E17.
[Origin uncertain: cf. Swedish rafsa.]
Sweep together.

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