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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rasit, Raced, ppl. adj. [Ras(e v.1 Cf. e.m.E. raced scratched, cut (1576), F. (campagne) ras having little or no vegetation or growth (1559).] a. Altered, or removed, by erasure. b. Without growth, bare. —1582 Misc. Stair Soc. I 104.
The chairtour is writtin … be the same hand quha wryttis the two last rasit lynis in the … tak producit be the defendaris —1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 252.
The arable ground all under breer, but trod like a common foot rode … yet … no such fertil, fruitfull crop was ever known to grow upon thet raced land as Gods Providence sent here that yeare
