Definition for RA'SURE

RA'SURE, n. [s as z. L. rasura, from rado, rasus. See Rase.]

  1. The act of scraping or shaving; the act of erasing.
  2. The mark by which a letter, word or any part of a writing is erased, effaced or obliterated; an erasure. – Ayliffe.

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