rase

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1. 1.To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.] Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. Fuller.
2. 2.To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [In this sense rase is generally used.] Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They would not turn home. Chapman. Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it. Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel.
3. 3.To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow. [Obs.]
4. 4.A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]
5. 5.A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] Hooker.
6. 6.(O. Eng. Law) A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it. Burrill.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.] Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. Fuller called?
• What is to be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow. [Obs.] called?
• What is a slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] Hooker called?
• What is a way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it. Burrill called?