RASURE

Etymology

Noun

rasure (countable and uncountable, plural rasures)

(now rare, legal) Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.

(now rare) Obliteration, destruction.

(obsolete) Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.

Anagrams

• Urreas

Source: Wiktionary


Ra"sure, n. Etym: [L. rasura, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave. See Rase, v.]

1. The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.

2. A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure. Ayliffe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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