Raff
Raff (rȧf) , transitive verb
[Old French raffer, of German origin; compare German raffen; akin to English rap to snatch. See Rap, and compare Riffraff, Rip to tear.]
To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obsolete]
Causes and effects which I thus raff up together.
Raff , noun
1.
A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
A raff of errors.
2.
The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
3.
A low fellow; a churl.
Collocations (1)
Raff merchant , a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Provincial English]