RAZEE

Etymology

Noun

razee (plural razees)

(nautical) An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.

Verb

razee (third-person singular simple present razees, present participle razeeing, simple past and past participle razeed)

(nautical) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class.

(figurative) To trim or abridge by cutting off parts.

Anagrams

• zeera

Source: Wiktionary

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Ra*zee", n. Etym: [F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to rase, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (Naut.)

Definition: 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.

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

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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