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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rasp v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped p. pr. & vb. n. Rasping.]
 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.