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▸ noun: (archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
▸ noun: (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
▸ noun: (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
▸ noun: (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
▸ noun: (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
▸ noun: Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
▸ noun: A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
▸ verb: To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
▸ verb: On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
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papyrus,
papyrograph,
parchment,
scratchpad,
scratch pad,
pell,
bookfell,
handwrit,
scrap paper,
scratchpaper,
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ancient,
historical,
weird,
complex,
veritable,
old,
syriac,
ambrosian,
natural,
architectural,
century
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