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Webster 1913 Edition
Rasp
Rasp
(rȧsp)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rasped
(rȧspt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rasping
.] [OF.
rasper
, F. râper
, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. raspōn
to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap
. Cf. Rap
to snatch.] 1.
To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file;
as, to
rasp
wood to make it smooth; to rasp
bones to powder.2.
Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language;
as, some sounds
rasp
the ear; his insults rasped
my temper.1.
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
2.
The raspberry.
[Obs.]
“Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be the smaller.” Bacon.
Rasp palm
(Bot.)
, a Brazilian palm tree (
Iriartea exorhiza
) which has strong aerial roots like a screw pine. The roots have a hard, rough surface, and are used by the natives for graters and rasps, whence the common name.Webster 1828 Edition
Rasp
R'ASP
,Noun.
1.
A large rough file; a grater.2.
A raspberry, which see.R'ASP
,Verb.
T.
To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.