Rase
Definition of Rase
Pronunciation:
rāz
v. t.
1.
To
rub
along
the
surface
of; to
graze
.
[
imp
. & p. p.
Rased
(rāzd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rasing
.]
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 the
water
, and at
others
the
skylight
almost
flattened
his
nose
.
- Beckford.
2.
To
rub
or
scratch
out; to
erase
.
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
.
Till
Troy
were by their
brave
hands
rased
,
They would not
turn
home
.
- Chapman.
Rasing iron
a
tool
for
removing
old
oakum
and
pitch
from the
seams
of a
vessel
.
v. i.
1.
To be
leveled
with the
ground
; to
fall
; to
suffer
overthrow
.
n.
1.
A
scratching
out, or
erasure
.
2.
A
slight
wound
; a
scratch
.
3.
(O. Eng. Law)
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.
Related Words
bulldoze
,
destroy
,
destruct
,
dismantle
,
level
,
pull
down
,
raze
,
take
down
,
tear
down
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