Rase

[reiz]

Definition

(v. t.) To rub along the surface of; to graze.

(v. t.) To rub or scratch out; to erase.

(v. t.) To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.

(v. i.) To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.

(n.) A scratching out, or erasure.

(n.) A slight wound; a scratch.

(n.) A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.

Checked by Cecily

Definition

v.t. to scratch or blot out: to efface: to cancel: to level with the ground demolish or ruin (in this sense raze is generally used).—n. a slight wound.—ns. Rā′sing in shipbuilding the act of marking figures upon timber; Rā′sing-ī′ron a caulking-iron for cleaning the pitch &c. from a vessel's seams; Rā′sing-knife an edged tool for making marks on timber &c.; Rā′sion a scraping: rasure; Rā′sure act of scraping shaving or erasing: obliterating: an erasure.

Edited by Glenn