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We found 6 definitions of razee from 3 different sources.

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What does razee mean?

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  • razee (Noun)
    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.
  • razee (Verb)
    To cut a ship down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class.
  • razee (Verb)
    To trim or abridge by cutting off parts.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • razee (v. t.)
    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.
  • razee (v. t.)
    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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • razee
    ra-zē′, n. a ship-of-war cut down by reducing the number of decks. [Fr. rasé, cut down.]

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