Crossword clues for razee
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Razee \Ra*zee"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razeed (r[.a]*z[=e]d"); 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.
Razee \Ra*zee"\ (r[.a]*z[=e]"), n. [F. vaisseau ras['e], 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.
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) 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. vb. 1 (context nautical English) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class. 2 (context figurative English) To trim or abridge by cutting off parts.
Wikipedia
A razee or razée is a sailing ship that has been cut down (razeed) to reduce the number of decks. The word is derived from the French vaisseau rasé, meaning a razed (in the sense of shaved down) ship.
Usage examples of "razee".
In less than a minute, the thunderous song of the razee signaled his departure from Ortel, and later, when his task force hit hyperpoint, it did so with such casual disregard for the shape of the continuum that the Pretender could not have failed to detect the coming of Nemesis.
They claimed that since Tomahawk was furnishin’ one-half of the attraction, and Gunstock the other half, the razee ought to be throwed at Perdition.
Once mounting fifty-four guns, she had been modernized, razeed they called it then, by having her lower gun deck eliminated and her old weaponry replaced by fewer guns far more powerful.