Rayon, rā′on, n. (Spens.) a ray. [Fr.]
Rayonnant, rā′o-nant, adj. (her.) sending forth rays. [Fr., pr.p. of rayonner, to emit rays—rayon, a ray.]
Raze, rāz, n. (Shak.). Same as Race (3).
Raze, rāz, v.t. to lay level with the ground: to overthrow: to destroy. [Rase.]
Raze, rāz, n. a swinging fence in a water-course to prevent the passage of cattle.
Razee, ra-zē′, n. a ship-of-war cut down by reducing the number of decks. [Fr. rasé, cut down.]
Razor, rā′zor, n. a keen-edged implement for shaving: a tusk, as the razors of a boar.—adj Rā′zorable (Shak.), fit to be shaved.—ns. Rā′zor-back, a kind of baleen whale, also called Rorqual, Fin-back, or Finner: a hog whose back has the form of a ridge; Rā′zor-bill, a species of auk, common on the coasts of the northern Atlantic; Rā′zor-blade, -clam, -fish, -shell, a bivalve mollusc with an elongated, narrow shell; Rā′zor-hone, a hone for sharpening razors; Rā′zor-paste, a paste for spreading on a razor-strop; Rā′zor-strop, a strop for razors. [Fr. rasoir—L. radĕre, rasum, to scrape.]
Razure, rā′zhōōr, n. Same as Erasure.
Razzia, rat′si-a, n. a pillaging incursion—Algerian.
Re, rā, n. (mus.). Same as Ray.