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1. (historical) 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

1. 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
   "to razee a book"

Derived forms: razeeing, razeed, razees

Encyclopedia: Razee