Ra*zee" (rȧ*zē"), n. [F.
vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to raze, to cut down
ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase,
v. t.] (Naut.) 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 (rȧ*zēd"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Razeeing.] 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.