RAZEES
Noun
razees
plural of razee
Source: Wiktionary
RAZEE
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