rase

English

/ɹeɪz/

noun
Definitions
  • A scratching out, or erasure
  • A slight wound; a scratch
  • A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French raser derived from Latin *rasare, rasus.

Origin

Latin

rasus

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