\Rase\, 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.]
         Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and
         might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone
         into his head?                        --South.
         Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and
         at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.
                                               --Beckford.
2. To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.]
         Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and
         branch, out of our mind.              --Fuller.
3. 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      graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.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.
Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level;
     prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin.

\Rase\, v. i.
To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
[Obs.]

\Rase\, n.
1. A scratching out, or erasure. [Obs.]
2. A slight wound; a scratch. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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.