Razee vs Razed - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between razee and razed

is that razee is to cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class while razed is past tense of raze.

is an armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.

slashed or striped in patterns.

(en noun)

(nautical) An armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.

(Totten)

(nautical) To cut (a ship) down to a smaller number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class.

(figurative) To trim or abridge by cutting off parts.

to razee a book, or an article

*1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby Dick) ,

"Aye, aye! it was that accursed white whale that razeed me; made a poor pegging lubber of me for ever and a day!"

(Webster 1913)

(head)

(raze)

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Slashed or striped in patterns.

* Shakespeare

Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.