1. [n]  a coarse file with sharp pointed projections
2. [n]  uttering in an irritated tone
3. [v]  utter in a grating voice
4. [v]  scrape with a rasp

1. \Rasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Rasping}.] [OF. rasper, F. r[^a]per, to scrape, grate, rasp,
   fr. OHG. rasp[=o]n to scrape together, to collect, probably
   akin to E. rap. Cf. {Rap} to snatch.]
   1. 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.
   2. Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by
      coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds
      rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.
   

2. \Rasp\, n. [OE. raspe, OF. raspe, F. r[^a]pe. See {Rasp},
   v.]
   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.
   2. The raspberry. [Obs.] ``Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the
      rasps will be smaller.'' --Bacon.
   {Rasp palm} (Bot.), a Brazilian palm tree ({Iriartea
      exorhiza}) which has strong a["e]rial 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.
   

["RASP - A Language with Operations on Fuzzy Sets", D.D. Djakovic, Comp Langs 13(3):143-148 (1988)].