ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.]
1. In senses of the verb.
1844. W. H. Kelly, trans. L. Blanc’s Hist. Ten Y., I. 331. He [Dupont de l’Eure] repaired to the king, and told him that if the erased passages were not restored, he would resign.
2. Her. † a. (see quot.). Obs.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, 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. 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. 214/206.
| Drag’d out through straiter Holes by th’ Ears, | |
| Eras’d, or Coup’d, for Perjurers. |
