Rase

rāz, v.t. to scratch or blot out: to efface: to cancel: to level with the ground, demolish, or ruin (in this sense raze is generally used).— n. a slight wound.— ns. Rā′sing , in shipbuilding, the act of marking figures upon timber; Rā′sing-ī′ron , a caulking-iron for cleaning the pitch, ., from a ve el's seams; Rā′sing-knife , an edged tool for making marks on timber, .; Rā′sion , a scraping: rasure; Rā′sure , act of scraping, shaving, or erasing: obliterating: an erasure. [Fr. raser —L. radĕre , rasum , to scrape.]