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Rasp (r&adot_;sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped (r&adot_;spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.] [OF. rasper, F. râper, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp&ō;n to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. Rap to snatch.]
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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.
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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.
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Rasp, n. [OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. râpe. See Rasp, v.]
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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.
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2. The raspberry. [Obs.] “Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be the smaller.” Bacon.
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Rasp palm (Bot.), a Brazilian palm tree (Iriartea exorhiza) which has strong aërial 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.
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