Rasp \Rasp\ (r[.a]sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rasped} (r[.a]spt); 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.
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 the 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.
Files come in many varieties, but the type used on wood is called a rasp.
I still do commercials for a lot of national and regional accounts." Adams' mellow voice, with a hint of a rasp, is a familiar one behind commercials.
Luis Enrique." He and the others worked quickly, silently, to cover the graves. Only the rasp of their hoes on the crude coffins interfered with the sound of a rising wind.
Richards laughs nervously at descriptions of his relationship with Jagger as an uneasy truce. "It's far more simple and far more complex," he said in a weary rasp ground down by cigarettes.
After 27 hours, her voice was a barely audible rasp.