Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

rasp
     n 1: uttering in an irritated tone [syn: {rasping}]
     2: a coarse file with sharp pointed projections [syn: {wood
        file}]

rasp
     v 1: scrape with a rasp
     2: utter in a grating voice

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

RASP
     
         ["RASP - A Language with Operations on Fuzzy Sets",
        D.D. Djakovic, Comp Langs 13(3):143-148 (1988)].
     
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