n. & v.
n. a coarse kind of file having separate teeth.
v. 1 tr. a scrape with a rasp. b scrape roughly. c (foll. by off, away) remove by scraping. 2 a intr. make a grating sound. b tr. say gratingly or hoarsely. 3 tr. grate upon (a person or a person's feelings), irritate. raspingly adv. raspy adj.
[ ME f. OF raspe(r) ult. f. WG ]