Erase: alternatives and connections

A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.

A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing C…

To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.

To expunge.

To expunge; to erase.

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sente…

A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who…

Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.

That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for prese…

To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.

one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…

To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript.