rase
rase · rases
An act of cutting, scraping, or scratchingAn act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure.
/ɹeɪz/
Meaning
2 senses(obsolete)An act of cutting, scraping, or scratching; also, an erasure.
(obsolete, rare)A measure in which the commodity assessed is made level with the top of the measuring vessel rather than heaped above it.
Origin
A variant of raze, from Middle English rasen: see further at raze. Probably either:A variant of raze, from Middle English rasen: see further at raze.
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