raspyadj.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 198/2 This..celebrity I take to be wholly attributable to..some ‘lurking particles of the cotton, not carried off by expectoration;’ which impart that rough, raspy, depth to the voice.

1838 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Dec. 74 Such a raspy, untamed voice as that of his I have hardly heard.

1882 R. D. Blackmore Christowell xxxvi Ungainly, nubbly, fruit it was,..raspy, to the teeth.

1920 F. Packard White Moll i. 11 There, from a dance-hall came the rattle of a tinny piano, the squeak of a raspy violin, a high-pitched, hectic burst of laughter.

1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain xvii. 145 He [sc. lion] nuzzled the carcass, taking raspy licks here and there.

1991 A. Martin Walking on Water (1992) iv. 16 You should stop shaving and grow a raspy little beard.

1869 L. M. Alcott Little Women II. i. 20 I don't wish to get raspy, so let's change the subject.

1876 I. Banks Manch. Man II. iv. 80 Darting a keen inquisitive glance from under his shaggy eyebrows at the prostrate young fellow, he added in his very raspiest tones, ‘And I daresay you've no notion whose sabre carved the wing of the goose so cleverly?’

1893 Harper's Mag. May 975/1 Her temper was..certainly ‘raspy’.

1915 Manitoba Free Press 18 Dec. (Christmas section) Hetherington was in a state of raspy petulance that boded ill for his digestion.

1947 Winnipeg Free Press 31 Oct. 12/5 Recently they both seemed to be getting raspy.

1974 ‘B. Mather’ White Dacoit vii. 71 The guards..might get a bit raspy if they find you loose on deck.

1985 New Yorker 25 Mar. 41/3 I don't want to sound raspy.

1997 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Dec. 6 Her raspy, irritable conviction reminds me of doughty fighters like Barbara Castle.

1903 R. Kipling in Windsor Mag. Sept. 363/2 She said it in a raspy-gaspy whisper that would have frightened a steam-cow.

2006 Washington Times (Nexis) 20 Nov. b05 Mr. Tambourine Man's jingle-jangle morning has faded to raspy-gaspy twilight.

1901 G. F. Savage-Armstrong Ballads 61 Yer chin's a' raspy-white.

1873 Galaxy Mar. 355 The wine may have the raspiness of newness.

1956 R. J. Donovan Eisenhower 105 Except for one explosion, he displayed no raspiness or jealousy in his dealings with Eisenhower and his staff.

2000 S. Kozloff Overhearing Film Dialogue 194 Their voices are not conventionally pretty..they have edginess, perhaps raspiness.