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Definition of Wrck

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
  • Wreck; ruin; destruction.
  • Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
  • Coarse seaweed of any kind.
  • To rack; to torment.
  • To wreck.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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