Lewis & Short

dĕ-ascĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1, ascio], to hew or cut with an axe, to smoothe.

  1. I. Lit. (late Lat.): deasciato stipiti, wrought, smoothed, Prud. στεφ. 10, 381.
    1. B. To rub out, efface: hunc titulum, Murat. Inscr. 1203, 9.
  2. II. Trop.: aliquem, to cheat, to chouse (cf. abrado), Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 11.