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To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily. Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters. Dryden.

To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.

g with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity. This grated harder upon the hearts of men. South.

Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation. "The head and hurry of his rage." South.

A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.

Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement. Shak.

ected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation. He strides indignant, and with haughty cries To single fight the fairy prince defies. Tickell.

To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. It will inflame you; it will make you mad. Shak.

Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate. Those curls of entangled snakes with which Erinys is said to have infuriated Athemas and Ino. Dr. H. More.

Very susceptible of anger or passion; easily inflamed or exasperated; as, an irritable temper. Vicious, old, and irritable. Tennyson.

To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects. Dismiss the man, nor irritate the god: Prevent the rage of him who reigns above. Pope.

Jasper. [Obs.] Spenser.

Agate jasper. [Obs.]

Having the surface decorated with cloudings and streaks, somewhat as if imitating jasper.

Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike.

A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.

Resembling jasper. [R.]

An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.

Fig.: To begin to be excited; to grow warm or animated; to be roused or exasperated. On all occasions where forbearance might be called for, the Briton kindles, and the Christian gives way. I. Taylor.