RASE

noun

1. A scratching out, or erasure
2. A slight wound; a scratch
3. 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

verb

1. To rub along the surface of; to graze
2. To rub or scratch out; to erase
3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze