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Rasp
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.
📖 Definitions of "Rasp"
- 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 sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
"the rasp of her perpetual cough"
- 1
To use a rasp.
- 2
To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
- 3
To work something with a rasp.
"to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder"
- 4
To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
"His insults rasped my temper."
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