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rasing

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rase  \Rase\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rased};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Rasing}.]  [F.  raser,  LL  rasare  to  scrape  often  v.  freq. 
  fr  L.  radere  rasum,  to  scrape,  shave;  cf  Skr.  rad  to 
  scratch,  gnaw,  L.  rodere  to  gnaw.  Cf  {Raze},  {Razee}, 
  {Razor},  {Rodent}.] 
  1.  To  rub  along  the  surface  of  to  graze.  [Obsoles.] 
 
  Was  he  not  in  the  .  .  .  neighborhood  to  death?  and 
  might  not  the  bullet  which  rased  his  cheek  have  gone 
  into  his  head?  --South. 
 
  Sometimes  his  feet  rased  the  surface  of  water,  and 
  at  others  the  skylight  almost  flattened  his  nose. 
  --Beckford. 
 
  2.  To  rub  or  scratch  out  to  erase.  [Obsoles.] 
 
  Except  we  rase  the  faculty  of  memory,  root  and 
  branch,  out  of  our  mind.  --Fuller. 
 
  3.  To  level  with  the  ground;  to  overthrow;  to  destroy;  to 
  raze.  [In  this  sense  {rase}  is  generally  used.] 
 
  Till  Troy  were  by  their  brave  hands  rased,  They 
  would  not  turn  home.  --Chapman. 
 
  Note:  This  word  rase,  may  be  considered  as  nearly  obsolete; 
  graze,  erase,  and  raze,  having  superseded  it 
 
  {Rasing  iron},  a  tool  for  removing  old  oakum  and  pitch  from 
  the  seams  of  a  vessel. 
 
  Syn:  To  erase;  efface;  obliterate;  expunge;  cancel;  level; 
  prostrate;  overthrow;  subvert;  destroy;  demolish;  ruin.




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