Rase

(v. t.) To rub along the surface of; to graze.

Rase - Other Definitions

(v. t.) To rub along the surface of; to graze.
(v. t.) To rub or scratch out; to erase.
(v. t.) To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.
(v. i.) To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
(n.) A scratching out, or erasure.
(n.) A slight wound; a scratch.
(n.) 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.