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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rasp \Rasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rasped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Rasping}.] [OF. rasper, F. r[^a]per, to scrape, grate, rasp,
fr OHG. rasp[=o]n 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rasp \Rasp\, n. [OE. raspe, OF raspe, F. r[^a]pe. See {Rasp},
v.]
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 smaller.'' --Bacon.
{Rasp palm} (Bot.), a Brazilian palm tree ({Iriartea
exorhiza}) which has strong a["e]rial 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rasp
n 1: uttering in an irritated tone [syn: {rasping}]
2: a coarse file with sharp pointed projections [syn: {wood
file}]
v 1: scrape with a rasp
2: utter in a grating voice
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
RASP
["RASP - A Language with Operations on Fuzzy Sets",
D.D. Djakovic Comp Langs 13(3):143-148 (1988)].
(1995-05-10)
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