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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
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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