The chief heads of their clans with their several rascalities.
T. Jackson.
Ras*cal"lion (rs*kl"yn), n. [From Rascal.] A low, mean wretch. [Written
also rascalion.]
Ras"cal*ly (rs"kal*l), a. Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base;
worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of
dishonesty.
Our rascally porter is fallen fast asleep.
Swift.
Rase (rz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rased (rzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rasing.]
[F. raser, LL. rasare to scrape often, v. freq. fr. L. radere, rasum,
to scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf.
Raze, Razee, Razor, Rodent.] 1. To rub along the surface of; to graze.
[Obsoles.]
Was he not in the . . . neighborhood to death? and might not the
bullet which rased his cheek have gone into his head?
South.
Sometimes his feet rased the surface of the water, and at others
the skylight almost flattened his nose.
Beckford.