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v. t. To rack; to torment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. “A world devote to universal wrack.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Coarse seaweed of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrack grass, or
Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wreck. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ruinous; destructive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Wringbolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. vörðr a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, hollow wraith of dying fame. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith. M. G. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wrangled p. pr. & vb. n. Wrangling ] [ OE. wranglen to wrestle. See Wrong, Wring. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To argue; to debate; to dispute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. “In spite of occasional wranglings.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. [ R. ] Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]