razee

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razee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Razee \Ra*zee"\ (r[.a]*z[=e]"), n. [F. vaisseau ras['e], fr.
     raser to raze, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase,
     v. t.] (Naut.)
     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.
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  Razee \Ra*zee"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razeed (r[.a]*z[=e]d");
     p. pr. & vb. n. Razeeing.]
     To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an
     inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge
     by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or
     an article.
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