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 ]

n. [ OE. rasour, OF. rasur, LL. rasor: cf. F. rasoir, LL. rasorium. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t. ] 1. A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head; also called a straight razor. “Take thee a barber's razor.” Ezek. v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a device used for shaving, having a replaceable blade with a very sharp edge; also called safety razor. Also a similar device, made of plastic, in which the blade is neither replaceable nor can be sharpened, intended to be discarded after the blade dulls -- called a disposable razor. [ PJC ]

3. (Zool.) A tusk of a wild boar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Razor fish. (Zool.) (a) A small Mediterranean fish (Coryphaena novacula), prized for the table. (b) The razor shell. --
Razor grass (Bot.), a West Indian plant (Scleria scindens), the triangular stem and the leaves of which are edged with minute sharp teeth. --
Razor grinder (Zool.), the European goat-sucker. --
Razor shell (Zool.), any marine bivalve shell belonging to Solen and allied genera, especially Solen ensis (or Ensatella ensis), and Solen Americana, which have a long, narrow, somewhat curved shell, resembling a razor handle in shape. Called also razor clam, razor fish, knife handle. --
Razor stone. Same as Novaculite. --
Razor strap, or
razor strop, a strap or strop used in sharpening razors. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The rorqual. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix. (b) See Cutwater, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]