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Rasure [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Latin rasura, from rado, rasus. See Rase .]

2. The act of scraping or shaving; the act of erasing.

3. The mark by which a letter, word or any part of a writing is erased, effaced or obliterated; an erasure.

Rasure [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

2. A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure.