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.
Derivatives:
raspingly adv. raspy adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF raspe(r) ult. f. WG