ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rasure

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /ˈɹeɪʒə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Rasure is a noun meaning (now rare, law) Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. (now rare) Obliteration, destruction.
  2. (obsolete) Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.

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Related dictionary entries include obliteration, rasion, scrapping, scrappage, erasings, scrape.

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