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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Grab :: Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.
Sherbet :: Sherbet (n.) A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc..
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear..
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..
Port :: Port (v. t.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms..
Prehension :: Prehension (n.) The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member..
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..
Clutch :: Clutch (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary..
Vice :: Vice (n.) A gripe or grasp.
Elusive :: Elusive (a.) Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Postscapular :: Postscapular (a.) Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.
Handfast :: Handfast (n.) Hold; grasp; custody; power of confining or keeping.
Scobiform :: Scobiform (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings..
Scobs :: Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance..
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.
Superstition :: Superspinous (a.) Supraspinuos.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) The handle of a sword or of an oar.
Graspable :: Graspable (a.) Capable of being grasped.
Raspberry :: Raspberry (n.) The shrub bearing this fruit.
Infraspinate :: Infraspinate (a.) Alt. of Infraspinou.
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