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Rasps, like files, have different degrees of coarseness, designated as “coarse,” “bastard,” “second-cut” and “smooth.”
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
It is exactly the contrary to the Raspberry, a fruit not named by Shakespeare, though common in his time under the name of Rasps.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
Powder-bags 250 Port-fires 100 Port fire-sticks 4 Rasps, half round 4 Cotton wick 4 lbs.
From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
Files and Rasps are manufactured by 60 firms, whose total product, though perhaps not equal to the Sheffield output, is far from inconsiderable.
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.
In the Sun is the best drying of them, put into the syrup some juyce of Rasps.
