Rās'ūre, n.

noun

(rāzh'ūr), n. [Lat. rasura, from radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave; It., Sp., & Pg. rasura, Pr. rasura, razura. See RAZURE.]

  1. The act of rasing, scraping, shaving, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.
  2. The mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure. Ayliffe.