razee

n. (வரு) குறைகலம், மேல்தளங்களை அகற்றி உயரங் குறைக்கப்பட்ட கப்பல், (வினை) மேல் தளங்களை அப்ற்றிக் கப்பலின் உயரத்தைக் குறை.

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Ra*zee", n. Etym: [F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to rase, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (Naut.) Defn: 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; p. pr. & vb. n. Razeeing.] Defn: To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or glass, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.

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