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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1575-1633, 1686
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Rasur(e, Razure, n. [Late ME (c1400) and e.m.E. rasure, razure.] The act of scraping out something written; an erasure. c1575 Balfour Pract. 187.
Rasure, quhilk sould be cheiflie eschewit in four places, viz. in the proper names [etc.] 1582 Misc. Stair Soc. I 104.
The 4. and 5. are foundit upone the rasure and new wryting of the chairtour 1582 Ib. 108.
Althocht ony rasure or hollis in sic places micht appeir 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii 122. 1622-6 Bisset I 126/5. a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 270.
Wreitts … make na fayth … if ther be any rasur 1686 Fountainhall Decis. I 394.
Razure
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