rasp

n. [ OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. râpe. See Rasp, v. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The raspberry. [ Obs. ] “Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be the smaller.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rasp palm (Bot.), a Brazilian palm tree (Iriartea exorhiza) which has strong aerial 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. ] See Raspatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. raspatorium: cf. F. raspatoir. See Rasp, v. ] A surgeon's rasp. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From E. rasp, in allusion to the apparent roughness of the fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry. (b) The shrub bearing this fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Technically, raspberries are those brambles in which the fruit separates readily from the core or receptacle, in this differing from the blackberries, in which the fruit is firmly attached to the receptacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The raspberry. [ Obs. ] Langham. [ 1913 Webster ]