Rase v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing.]
 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 the 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 raze 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 Note: ☞ This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.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.