rasura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rāsūra, ae, f. [rado].

I Lit., a scraping , a shaving (post-Aug.): calami, Col. 4, 29, 9: barbae capitisque, Hier. in Isa. 5, 15, 2.—

2 Concr., what is scraped or shaved off; a scraping , shaving : eboris, Veg. 1, 10, 6; (4), 8, 86 .—

II Trop.: gulae, the harsh pronunciation of the gutturals by the Orientals , Hier. in Ep. Paul. ad Tit. 2, 9.