Rash"ly, adv. In a rash manner; with precipitation.
He that doth anything rashly, must do it willingly; for he was free
to deliberate or not.
L'Estrange.
Rash"ness, n. The quality or state of being rash.
We offend . . . by rashness, which is an affirming or denying,
before we have sufficiently informed ourselves.
South.
Syn. -- Temerity; foolhardiness; precipitancy; precipitation;
hastiness; indiscretion; heedlessness; inconsideration; carelessness.
See Temerity.
||Ras*kol"nik (rs*kl"nk), n. [Russ. raskolenik' schismatic, heretic.]
||(Eccl.) One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or
||Greek church in Russia. [Written also rascolnik.]
||Ra*so"res (r*z"rz), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. radere, rasum, to scratch.
||See Rase, v. t.] (Zoöl.) An order of birds; the Gallinæ.
Formerly, the word Rasores was used in a wider sense, so as to include
other birds now widely separated in classification.
Ra*so"ri*al (-r*al; 277), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Rasores,
or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail,
and the like.
Ra"sour (rä"sr), n. Razor. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Rasp (rsp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rasped (rspt); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rasping.] [OF. rasper, F. râper, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. raspn
to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. Rap to
snatch.]
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.