n. [ See Embrace. ] An embrace. [ Obs. ] “Our locked embrasures.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to ébraser to widen an opening; of unknown origin. ]
Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure,
Sat the lovers. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Erase. ]
n. [ L. rasura, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave. See Rase, v. ]