rasot, rasout, rusot

[Native name.] Pharm.: A medicinal extract from the root of Berberis lycium. [BERBERIS.] Valued as a febrifuge, and as a local application in eye disease. rasp, 8. [O. Fr. raspe; Fr. râpe.] [RASP, v.] 1. A coarse file having, instead of chisel-cut teeth, its surface dotted with separate protruding teeth, formed by the indentations of a pointed punch. It is used almost exclusively upon comparatively soft substances, as wood, horn, and the softer metals. 2. A raspberry (q. v.). ( Prov .) "Set sorrel among rasps , and the rasps will be the smaller."- Bacon : Nat . History.