Definition of rasp

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Rasp (v. t.) 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..

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Tetraspermous :: Tetraspermous (a.) Having four seeds.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..
Scobs :: Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance..
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..
Raspy :: Raspy (a.) Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating..
Rubus :: Rubus (n.) A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry..
Nemathecium :: Nemathecium (n.) A peculiar kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments at length separating into tetraspores..
Elusive :: Elusive (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball..
Grasp :: Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
Prehensory :: Prehensory (a.) Adapted to seize or grasp; prehensile.
Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
Tetraspaston :: Tetraspaston (n.) A machine in which four pulleys act together.
Prehensile :: Prehensile (n.) Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey..
File :: File (n.) Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively..
Grab :: Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.
Engrasped :: Engrasped (imp. & p. p.) of Engras.
Graspable :: Graspable (a.) Capable of being grasped.
Grip :: Grip (v. t.) To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
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