rasp
verb (used with object)
to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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It may be insufficiently ground; in which case the matt, in passing over, will rasp away every vestige of the outline, so delicate a matter it is.
From Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass by C. W. Whall