Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rase \Rase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rased}; 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.]

            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 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 {rase} 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         graze, erase, and raze, having superseded it.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.