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rasure.

Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹeɪʒə/UK
  1. Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  2. Obliteration, destruction.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  3. Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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