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
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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 Sir Max Beerbohm
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 Sir Thomas Malory
Si in fusion; zi in brazier; z in azure; and s in rasure.
From 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by B. A. Hathaway
There were two reasons why this rasure especially affected me.
From Yet Again by Sir Max Beerbohm
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 John Morley
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