rasing iron
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Rase \Rase\ (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing.] [F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf. Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent.]
1.To rub along the surface of; to graze. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster]
Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head?— South.[1913 Webster]
Sometimes his feet rased the surface of the water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose.— Beckford.[1913 Webster]
2.To rub or scratch out; to erase. [Obsoles.] [1913 Webster]
Except we rase the faculty of memory, root and branch, out of our mind.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]
3.To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze. [In this sense raze is generally used.] [1913 Webster]
Till Troy were by their brave hands rased, They would not turn home.— Chapman.[1913 Webster]
Note: This word, rase, may be considered as nearly obsolete; graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it. [1913 Webster]
Rasing iron, a tool for removing old oakum and pitch from the seams of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
Syn: To erase; efface; obliterate; expunge; cancel; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; demolish; ruin. [1913 Webster]