Rai"sin (?), n. [F. raisin grape, raisin, L. racemus cluster of grapes or berries; cf. Gr. , , berry, grape. Cf. Raceme.]
1.
A grape, or a bunch of grapes.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.
2.
A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.
Raisin tree Bot., the common red currant, whose fruit resembles the small raisins of Corinth called currants. [Eng.]
Dp. Prior.
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