Definition of Rasper

1. n. One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper.

Definition of Rasper

1. Noun. A person who, or thing that rasps (scrapes) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rasper

1. one that rasps [n -S] - See also: rasps

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rasper

raspatorium
raspatory
raspberried
raspberries
raspberry
raspberry bush
raspberry ripple
raspberry ripples
raspberry tongue
raspberry vinegar
raspberrying
raspberryish
raspberrylike
rasped
raspers
raspier
raspiest
raspily
raspiness
raspinesses
rasping
raspingly
raspings
raspis
raspises
raspish
raspite
rasplike

Literary usage of Rasper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The National Sports of Great Britain: Fifty Engravings with Descriptionsby Henry Thomas Alken by Henry Thomas Alken (1903)
"... AT A rasper WE apprehend this phrase—Swishing at a rasper—to be provincial, and peculiar to a few counties, as in some, we have found it unknown in the ..."

2. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1831)
"... eager to shine in the lead, Forward !'• now catch them who can in their flight. With t In- nerve of an artist a rasper ..."

3. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1874)
"THE rasper." ON first going into my district, a friend who was kindly doing what he could to " put me into the ways " of the neighbourhood, ..."

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