Raisin \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)