raspis

English

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Noun

raspis (plural raspises)

  1. (obsolete) a raspberry
    • 1567, Arthur Golding, The.xv.Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled metamorphosis:
      And men themselves contented well with plaine and simple foode, That on the earth by natures gift without their travell stoode, Did live by raspis ...
    • 1597, William Langham, The Garden of Health‎[1]:
      It were good to keepe some of the juyce of raspis-berries in some wooden vessel, and to make it, as it were, raspis wine.
    • 1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid‎[2], London: T. Passinger, page 8:
      In this manner you may preserve Raspices and Mulberries.

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Verb

raspis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of raspar

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraspis/

Verb

raspis

  1. past of raspi

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈraspis/

Verb

raspis

  1. past of raspar
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