rasure

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɹeɪʒə/(UK)

Definition of rasure

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
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noun

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

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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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