† raspe a. Obs. rare—1.
[a. obs. F. raspé, now râpé: see rape n.6, and cf. raspy a.2]
raspe wine = rape n.6
| 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme vi. xxii. 787 Greene or raspe wine, in as much as it containeth more water then wine, nourisheth the body but a little. |
So rasped a. rare—1.
| 1823 Colebrooke in St. Cape G. Hope 363 They have added sweet wine, or boiled must, fermented for the purpose, like rasped wine in France [note, Vin rapé]. |