razoe Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ra*zoe" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Razeed ; present participle & verbal noun Razeeing
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913