razeed

Variant of razee

razee definition

ra·zee (rā zē′)

noun

a wooden warship made lower by the removal of the upper deck

Etymology: Fr rasé (as in vaisseau rasé, leveled vessel), pp. of raser, to level, scrape: see raze

transitive verb razeed -·zeed′, razeeing -·zee′·ing

to remove the upper deck of (a warship)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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