\Ra*zoe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Razeed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Razeeing}.]
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.