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[Cf. G. räuspern, hawk or clear the throat; prob. imitative.] To belch; eject wind from the stomach. [Old and prov. Eng.] Let them bind gold to their aching head, drink Cleopatra's draught (precious stones di olved), to ease their rasp ing stomach. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 424. This man of nice education hath a feeble stomacke, and ( rasping since his last meale) doubts whether he should eat of his laste meale or nothing. Bp . Hall , Heaven upon Earth, § 26. raspatory (ras'pa-to-ri), n .; pl. raspatories (-riz). [ raspatorium (cf. Sp. Pg. raspador , a scraper), raspare , rasp, scrape: see rasp1 , v .] A surgeons' rasp; an instrument for scraping or abrading bones in surgical or anatomical operations. raspberry (raz'ber"i), n.; pl. raspberries (-iz). [Formerly also rasberry and rasp is - berry; Herewith (at hand) taking her horne of plentie, Fill'd with the choyse of every orchard's daintie, As peares, plums, apples, the sweet rasp is - berry . W. Browne , Britannia's Pastorals, i. 5. 2. The plant that produces this berry. The common garden raspberry, the first of the name, is Rubus Idæ. us, a native of Europe and Asiatic Ru ia-a shrub with perennial creeping rootstock, nearly erect, prickly, biennial stems, and a red pleasant fruit. It was cultivated by the Romans in the fourth century, and is the source of the best raspberries, affording many varieties, some of them yelh low-fruited. wild raspberry, R. strigosus, of North America, is a very similar plant, but not quite so tall, the leaves being thinner, and the fruit not so firm, large, or well-flavored. It is common northward, especially on newly cleared grounds, and its fruit is much gathered; while under cultivation it has yielded several good varieties. The black raspberry, thimbleberry, or blackcap is the American R. occidental is, a shrub with long recurved biennial stems, rooting at the tips, and a black fruit. It is very productive with little care, and affords good garden varieties.-Dwarf raspberry, an unimportant American species, Rubus triflorus, with herbaceous trailing or ascending stems, resembling a blackberry. - Flowering raspberry, a name of two American species, Rubus odo ratus, the purple, and R. Nutkanus, the white flowering raspberry. The former is a rather ornamental shrub of the eastern United States, with ample three to five-lobed leaves, and showy purple or pink flowers blooming all summer, the fruit of little worth. In England it is sometimes called Virgin i an raspberry. R. Nutkanus is a similar western species with white flowers; also, and better, called salmon-berry. - Him a lay an raspberry, Rubus rosæfoli us, an East Indian species widely naturalized and cultivated in warm countries, and often grown as a greenhouse shrub, on account of its profusion of white, often double, flowers. The large fruit consists of many minute or angered grains. - Raspberry vinegar, a drink made with sugar, vinegar, and the juice of raspberries. - Virgin i an raspberry. See flowering raspberry. IMG:content-1654.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1655.png:[blocks in formation] lian wattle - trees, Acacia a cum in at a. maculata). a, male; b, female. (Natural size.) Its wood is used in cabinet-work, and has the odor of jam made from raspberries. rasped (råspt), a. [Pp. of rasp1, v.] 1. Affected as if by rasping; hoarse or raucous, as the voice; raspy; nervous or irritable, as from continued slight provocations.-2. In bookbinding, said of book-covers which have the sharp angles taken off, but are not beveled. rasper (rás pėr), n. [ shreds; a large grater. IMG:content-1656.png:[blocks in formation] better than four feet in height, with an occasional rasper that will come well up to five. The Century, XXXII. 336. 3. A contrivance for taking fish, consisting of several bare hooks fastened back to back, to be jerked through the water with a line; a pull-devil. [Canada.]