n. [ See Race. ] A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Razing the characters of your renown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden. [ 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.