Wrack (?), n. A thin, flying cloud; a
rack.
Wrack, v. t. To rack; to torment.
[R.]
Wrack, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See
Wreck.]
1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.]
Chaucer. "A world devote to universal wrack."
Milton.
2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore,
especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and
Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any
kind.
Wrack grass, or Grass wrack
(Bot.), eelgrass.
Wrack, v. t. To wreck. [Obs.]
Dryden.
Wrack (?), n. A thin, flying cloud; a
rack.
Wrack, v. t. To rack; to torment.
[R.]
Wrack, n. [OE. wrak wreck. See
Wreck.]
1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.]
Chaucer. "A world devote to universal wrack."
Milton.
2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore,
especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and
Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any
kind.
Wrack grass, or Grass wrack
(Bot.), eelgrass.
Wrack, v. t. To wreck. [Obs.]
Dryden.