English Explanatory Dictionary

rasure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
  2. Obliteration, destruction.
  3. Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹeɪʒə/

Word forms

rasure rasures

Etymology

From Middle English rasure, from Anglo-Norman rasure, Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra (“scraping, shaving”), from the participle stem of rādō (“to scrape, shave”).

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