erased, ppl. a.
(ɪˈreɪst, -zd)
[f. erase v. + -ed1.]
1. In senses of the verb.
| 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc's Hist. Ten Y. I. 331 Dupont de l'Eure..repaired to the king, and told him if the erased passages were not restored he would resign. |
2. Her. † a. (see
quot.).
Obs.| 1486 Bk. St. Alban's, Her. D ij b, Certan armys..ar called quarterit armys irrasit, for the colouris be rasit owt as oon coloure in rasyng ware take away from an othir. |
b. Of the head, body, or other part of an animal: Represented with a jagged edge, as if torn violently off.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 117, Iij Griphons heades erased de Argent. 1677 Lond. Gaz. No. 1208/4 Three Bears heads erased in Chief. 1823 Rutter Fonthill p. xxii, A Wolf's head erased at the neck, Argent. |
| transf. 1678 Butler Hud. iii. iii. 214 Drag'd out through straiter Holes by th' Ears, Eras'd, or Coup'd for Perjurers. |