raffee
/ˈrafiː/(also rafee, raffie) Nautical
noun
In square-rigged vessels: a small sail set above the skysail.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Dixon Kemp (1839–1899). Origin uncertain; perhaps from an unattested regional variant of Hindi rāpī, rãpī instrument for scraping leather from Prakrit ramphai, rappai scrapes.
- bevvy
- bevy
- bewail
- bewailer
- beware
- beware (or fear) the Greeks bearing gifts
- bewdy
- be well away
- be well in with
- be well out of
- be well rid of
- be (well) up on (or in)
- bewhiskered
- Bewick's swan
- Bewick, Thomas
- bewigged
- bewilder
- bewildered
- bewilderedly
- bewildering
- bewilderingly
- bewilderment
- be wise after the event
- bewitch
- bewitcher