v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Razed p. pr. & vb. n. Razing. ] [ F. raser. See Rase, v. t. ] [ Written also rase. ] 1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Razing the characters of your renown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to demolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Race. ] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slashed or striped in patterns. [ Obs. ] “Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to raze, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t. ] (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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article. [ 1913 Webster ]