Category:Razee

Ra*zee", n. Etym: [f. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to rase, to cut down Ships. See raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (naut.)

Defn: an armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced To the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. Totten.

Razee Ra*zee", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razeeing.]

Defn: to cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior Rate or glass, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off Or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.