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The Meaning of 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.
  • (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.

Rhymes

abbruzzese , abruzzese , albanese , annese , basie , blasi , bolognese , bruzzese , buthelezi , butulesi , cassese , chianese , cicalese , coglianese , colaizzi , cortese , crazy , daisy , danese , dazey , farese , hazy , jasey , lanese , lazy , leccese , lucchese , maisie , matarese , mazie , palese , pavese , pugliese , ragonese , savarese , scalese , scorsese , swayze