In such cases the erasion was so clumsily performed as often to leave distinct traces of the previous letters. From Wordnik.com. [De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream] Reference
Paul, beginning to smell a rat, examined the notice with closer attention, and soon detected the erasion where "Fifth" had been substituted for "Third Form.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Here again the appearance is somewhat altered by the presence of a considerable amount of lymph, but this is of less importance in this figure because the lymph is localised to the portion of the bowel in the immediate neighbourhood of the opening which had suffered contusion and erasion. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
There are forces ever about us that minister to erasion and oblivion. From Wordnik.com. [The Epistles of St. Peter] Reference
Several entries had been already rubbed out, and it was clear that she had been occupied in the task of erasion on that very night. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Kilgobbin] Reference
Of these various operative methods those now most favored are erasion and excision, punctate and linear scarification methods are now rarely employed. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
My friend said, "Browning scarcely made an erasion or change in writing his poems," and referred to Mr. Browning's MSS. for the press, of which examples were lying near us. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown] Reference
Cauterization, scarification, erasion and excision are variously practised; the particular method depending, in great measure, upon the extent of the disease, the part involved, and other circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine] Reference
I believe pneaumatic, erosion, erasion and one other - have taken their toll on the once flat piece of rock has carved thousands of jutting islands which rise out of the sea from Halong Bay to the north for 100's of km. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
"copy" was almost without blot or erasion, the other actors were wont to boast. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown] Reference
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