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- noun Plural form of
razee .
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Examples
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So it is that in all the quiet bays which indent the shores of the great ocean of thought, at every sinking wharf, we see moored the hulks and the razees of enslaved or half-enslaved intelligences.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Various
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Most of the other cruising squadrons off the coast contained razees or two-deckers.
The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Now, one advantage possessed by the _Nonsuch_ happened to be that, owing to the peculiarity of her design, she bore a very remarkable resemblance to the Spanish race-ships, or _razees_, which, in conjunction with the great galleons, transacted almost the whole of the business on the Spanish Main; and
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886
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These razees were rated as carrying fifty-six guns.
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So it is that in all the quiet bays which indent the shores of the great ocean of thought, at every sinking wharf, we see moored the hulks and the razees of enslaved or half-enslaved intelligences.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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So it is that in all the quiet bays which indent the shores of the great ocean of thought, at every sinking wharf, we see moored the hulks and the razees of enslaved or half-enslaved intelligences.
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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