razee Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ra*zee" noun

Etymology

F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to rase, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.

Definitions

1. (Naut.) 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.