v. Obs. Forms: 4–6 arache, arrache, 6 arasshe. [combines (as does mod.F. arracher) two OF. vbs. (1) arachier:—L. *abrddīcā-re; (2) érachier, esrachier:—L. exrādīcā-re; f. ab away, ex out + rādīc-em root.] = ARACE v.
c. 1315. Shoreham, 156. Hye weren … ouȝt of hare loȝ arached For hare senne.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, M viij b. I tooke and arrached oute of his bely his herte. Ibid. (1490), Eneydos, iv. 24. To arache or plucke up a gretter tree.
c. 1530. Ld. Berners, Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814), 214. She … arasshed clene of his helme.
