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ravel [-a- as in ‘table’ or ‘travel’] verb to get into a confusion or tangle, to entangle, disorder, muddle: 'You could never be so stupid as I am, could you, my darlin' wee jugal [little dog]? You would never get your mind so ravelled.' la14-. etymology: Scots raivel; attested by BW note:

The Modern Scots phrase go and get raffled meaning ‘get lost’ ‘go and tie yourself in a confused knot’ and has nothing to do with English raffle which is derived from the name of a French game involving dice.