rasure

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English rasure, from Anglo-Norman rasure, Middle French rasure, from Latin rāsūra (“scraping, shaving”), from the participle stem of rādō (“to scrape, shave”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪʒə/ === Noun === rasure (countable and uncountable, plural rasures) (now rare, law) Scraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally. (now rare) Obliteration, destruction. (obsolete) Shaving the head, or an instance of this; a tonsure. === Anagrams === Rauser, Urreas == Latin == === Participle === rāsūre 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) scrapings ==== Related terms ==== raser rere res == Portuguese == === Verb === rasure inflection of rasurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === rasure inflection of rasurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative