rasure

See also: rasuré

English

Etymology

From Middle English rasure, from Anglo-Norman rasure, Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra (“scraping, shaving”), from the participle stem of rādere (“to scrape, shave”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪʒə/

Noun

rasure (countable and uncountable, plural rasures)

1. (now rare, law) Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
2. (now rare) Obliteration, destruction.
3. (obsolete) Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure.

Anagrams

• Rauser, Urreas

Latin

Participle

rāsūre

1. vocative masculine singular of rāsūrus

Old French

Etymology

From Latin rasura.

Noun

rasure oblique singular, f (oblique plural rasures, nominative singular rasure, nominative plural rasures)

1. scrapings

Related terms

• raser
• rere
• res

Portuguese

Verb

rasure

1. inflection of rasurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

rasure

1. inflection of rasurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative