rasure

/ˈreɪʒər/
noun
  1. The act of scraping, shaving, or erasing something; a mark or spot where something has been erased or scraped away.
    • The artist made a rasure on the canvas to remove a small smudge.
    • The old manuscript had a rasure where the scribe had corrected a mistake.
    • The librarian noticed a rasure in the margin of the book, as if someone had tried to remove a note.
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