*zee*

n. [ From the native name: cf. F. chimpanzé, chimpansé, chimpanzée. ] (Zool.) An african ape (Pan troglodytes, formerly Anthropithecus troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. It is the most intelligent of non-human animals, and when full grown, it is from three to four feet high. A variant called the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, has been recently recognized as a separate species. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Law) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [ Written also disseisee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind.
Syn. -- fusee. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any device by which an explosive charge is ignited.
Syn. -- fuse, fuze, fusee, primer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Humorously formed from gaze. ] A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person subjected to the influence of animal magnetism. [ R. ] [ 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 ]

n. (Law) The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [ Written also recognisee. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D., sea cow, lake cow. ] (Zool.) A hippopotamus. [ 1913 Webster ]