English dictionary
razee
/r/eI/'z/i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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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 <i>razee</i> a book, or an article.
Source: webster1913