v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rased p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing. ] [ F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent. ] 1. To rub along the surface of; to graze. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes his feet rased the surface of the water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. Beckford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [ In this sense raze is generally used. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Till Troy were by their brave hands rased,
They would not turn home. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A scratching out, or erasure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slight wound; a scratch. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (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. [ 1913 Webster ]