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he foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.

Slashed or striped in patterns. [Obs.] "Two Provincial roses on my razed shoes." Shak.

glass, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.

To craze. [Obs.] Grafton.

To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.

Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze. -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.…

Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.

An impudent of shameless person. "Well said, brazenface; hold it out." Shak.

Impudent; shameless.

In a bold, impudent manner.

The quality or state of being brazen. Johnson.

crush; to grind to powder. See Crase. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. Milton.

A mill for grinding tin ore.

A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.

A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel. [Obs.] Hudibras.

ed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. A field or two to graze his cows. Swift.

One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage. The cackling goose, Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want. J. Philips.

To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence. T. Brown.

To obliterate. [Obs.] Sandys.

oustic telegraph, a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone. -- Acoustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.