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Razeed vs Razee - What's the difference?

razeed | razee |

As verbs the difference between razeed and razee

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

As a noun razee 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.

razeed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (razee)

    • razee

    English

    Noun

    (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)

    Verb

  • (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)

    razee

    English

    Noun

    (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)

    Verb

  • (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)