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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rasping
adj : unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[syn: {grating}, {gravel}, {gravelly}, {raspy}, {rough}]
n : uttering in an irritated tone [syn: {rasp}]
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