rasure.
Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
Meaning & usage
Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
Obliteration, destruction.
Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.
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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