wrack (v.) Old form(s): wrack'd , wrackt , wrack't
wreck, shipwreck, lose at sea
3H6 II.ii.5[King to Queen, of his feelings on seeing York's head] as the rocks cheer them that fear their wrack
3H6 V.iv.23[Queen to all] [We will] keep our course ... / From shelves and rocks that threaten us with wrack
KJ V.iii.11[Messenger to King John, of French reinforcements] the great supply ... / Are wracked three nights ago on Goodwin Sands
Mac I.iii.28[First Witch to Witches] Here I have a pilot's thumb, / Wracked as homeward he did come
MM III.i.218[disguised Duke to Isabella, of Mariana] her brother Frederick was wracked at sea [F wrackt]
MV III.i.3[Salerio to Solanio] Antonio hath a ship of rich lading wracked on the narrow seas
Per Chorus.II.32[Gower alone, of Pericles] the ship / Should house him safe is wracked and split
Sonn.80.11[] Or (being wracked) I am a worthless boat
Tem I.ii.236[Ariel to Prospero] the King's ship wracked
Tem I.ii.437.1[Ferdinand to Miranda] Myself ... beheld / The King my father wracked
Tem V.i.137[Alonso to Prospero] How thou hast met us here, whom three hours since / Were wracked upon this shore
Tem V.i.161[Prospero to Alonso] this shore, where you were wracked
WT V.ii.67[Third Gentleman to First Gentleman, of Antigonus' ship] Wracked the same instant of their master's death
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