rasure
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rasure
< Middle French < Late Latin rāsūra, equivalent to Latin rās ( us ) (past participle of rādere to scratch, scrape; cf. rasorial, raze) + -ūra -ure
Example Sentences
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Rā′sion, a scraping: rasure; Rā′sure, act of scraping, shaving, or erasing: obliterating: an erasure.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
For like as winter rasure doth alway arase and deface green summer, so fareth it by unstable love in man and woman.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
There were two reasons why this rasure especially affected me.
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
A few summers ago, I was watching, with more than usual emotion, the rasure of a great edifice at a corner of Hanover Square.
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
When we began to talk of the Lords, the King sent for us alone, and recommended a rasure of all proceedings.
From Andrew Marvell by Morley, John
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