Razee

Quick meaning: Razee is a noun meaning (transitive, nautical) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class.

Meaning

(transitive, nautical) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, figurative) To trim or abridge by cutting off parts.
2. (nautical) 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.

Example Sentences

to razee a book, or an article

an old line-of-battle ship, (21 years of age,) cut down to a razee

"Aye, aye! it was that accursed white whale that razeed me; made a poor pegging lubber of me for ever and a day!"

Word Forms

• razees
• razeeing
• razeed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raff, rate, raftage, raider, fourth rate, first rate.

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